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Community response saved a boy

Opinion: Community response saved a boy I am writing this letter for many reasons, but most importantly my


Not a good site for this ministry

Opinion: Not a good site for this ministry I live on Gladstone Road in North Jackson. I am writing in


Journalists wield power selectively

Opinion: Journalists wield power selectively The Vindicator’s excerpt- ed quotes from Bob Woodward’s


Autism still shrouded in mystery

Opinion: Autism still shrouded in mystery I have been writing letters to the editor of The Vindicator


Its greatness is not its size

Opinion: Its greatness is not its size I want to commend the Vindi- cator for the recent editorial praising


Common sense trumps analysis

Opinion: Common sense trumps analysis Your editorial concerning the Ohio State Racing Commission’s actions


Charter change is about home rule

Opinion: Charter change is about home rule On March 17, the Vindicator published an editorial, “A flawed


Prices at the pump are a mystery

Opinion: Prices at the pump are a mystery My opening question on a letter to the editor in January 2012 was


Consider the dangers of drilling

Opinion: Consider the dangers of drilling Wake up, neighbors. There’s a frack well in the protected


Oil and gas tax could drive investors away from Ohio

Opinion: Oil and gas tax could drive investors away from Ohio Over the last several years, workers and


Let’s restore McGuffey Plaza or give it a proper funeral service

Opinion: Let’s restore McGuffey Plaza or give it a proper funeral service Contrasts are very apparent in


What’s happening at YSU?

Opinion: In the past 45 years, a lot has happened to the financial base of YSU — but mostly it has shifted


A great way to travel

Opinion: A great way to travel Recently I was at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport when my sister


Better days for the Mahoning

Opinion: Better days for the Mahoning As an advocate of our river, Friends of the Mahoning River would


Let the people speak

Opinion: Let the people speak Most Canfield residents do not attend meetings of city council or


Story unfair to payday lenders

Opinion: Story unfair to payday lenders What a shame that jour- nalism students at The University of Akron


Horse racing getting short shrift

Opinion: Horse racing getting short shrift How important is it that the area residents enjoy live horse


A day for Greeks to celebrate

Opinion: A day for Greeks to celebrate Today marks the celebra- tion of Greek Independence Day. For Greek


Editorial missed the real story

Opinion: Editorial missed the real story Regarding last Sunday’s ed- itorial, “A Flawed Charter Amendment,”


Good pope at the right time

Opinion: Good pope at the right time We have a new pope, Fran- cis I, and based on his biography he should


The arts enrich us all

Opinion: The arts enrich us all Even with 50 years of experi- ence in both local and professional theater I


Stop covering abuse claims

Opinion: Stop covering abuse claims I am angered by the press coverage of the supposedly abused men at


Opening Ohio’s adoption records

Opinion: Opening Ohio’s adoption records Although my birth father and I reunited nearly 40 years after I


Next YSU president should be given just two housing choices

Opinion: Next YSU president should be given just two housing choices I know that the powers that be at YSU


Parade sends mixed message

Opinion: Parade sends mixed message I’m writing in regard to what I considered a family-oriented event, The


Canfield schools have it all

Opinion: Canfield schools have it all I am writing this letter as a proud parent of a member of this


Tax fairness has been lost

Opinion: Tax fairness has been lost If you adjusted the tax rates according to the rate of inflation,


Christianity under attack in US

Opinion: Christianity under attack in US It is becoming more obvious to me that Christianity is under


Paul stands up for Constitution

Opinion: As more details COME TO light on the Department of Justice White Paper, the memo on the legality of


Limited gun restrictions don’t violate the Second Amendment

Opinion: Limited gun restrictions don’t violate the Second Amendment After this last terrible shooting in


Don’t be fooled into believing deceit of gun-show loophole

Opinion: Don’t be fooled into believing deceit of gun-show loophole National gun registra- tion and the so-


Wary of the new John Kasich

Opinion: Wary of the new John Kasich Gov. John Kasich used his state of the state address to pitch many


Kasich’s plan will create jobs

Opinion: Kasich’s plan will create jobs Did Congressman Tim Ryan even read the Ohio Jobs and Transportation


Only owners should vote on levies

Opinion: Only owners should vote on levies Once again as I write out my check for “property” taxes, I


Sequester will mean 3 percent cut

Opinion: Sequester will mean 3 percent cut I write in response to a few re- cent letters to the editor that