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It defies logic to charge Amish 7 with committing a hate crime

Opinion: It defies logic to charge Amish 7 with committing a hate crime Why have seven Amish men,


Local men will die if task force recommendations on prostate cancer screening are abided by

Opinion: Local men will die if task force recommendations on prostate cancer screening are abided by On May


A sign of displeasure

Opinion: A sign of displeasure I Love My Library but ... $18,905 for an electronic sign at the Main Public


Remembering a better time

Opinion: Remembering a better time Although in every age there are troubled times about, I can’t help but


‘Stuck’ isn’t the word for it

Opinion: ‘Stuck’ isn’t the word for it While driving home from work I saw a bumper sicker on a car that


Does Cal enjoy distorting Bible?

Opinion: Does Cal enjoy distorting Bible? A Cal Thomas diatribe about President Obama’s position on


Protect our water while we have it

Opinion: Protect our water while we have it Jeanne Starmack’s May 15 arti- cle reported that “3,000-gallon


Questioning Biden’s sincerity

Opinion: Questioning Biden’s sincerity Addressing a crowd at Youngstown’s M7 Technologies last week, Vice


Mahoning Valley did itself proud

Opinion: Mahoning Valley did itself proud Second Harvest Food Bank board of directors and staff would like


Public input invited on charter

Opinion: Public input invited on charter Residents of Youngstown are getting a rare opportunity to weigh in


Justice is disappearing in U.S.

Opinion: Justice is disappearing in U.S. President Obama has misera- bly failed 20,000+ Delphi salaried


There is a support network to help Youngstown City School District

Opinion: There is a support network to help Youngstown City School District The Raymond John Wean


Protect Planned Parenthood

Opinion: Protect Planned Parenthood Right now, there is a fight in Ohio to save Planned Parenthood. House


Youngstown isn’t alone

Opinion: Youngstown isn’t alone After we read Bertram de Souza’s May 6 column we thought a quote we read


School critiques need balance

Opinion: School critiques need balance I attended a meeting May 7 at Boardman High School that was


Where does gambling money go?

Opinion: Where does gambling money go? I spent 121/2 years at the Uni- versity of Nevada, Reno, and for 10


No one is condoning violence

Opinion: No one is condoning violence For Bertram de Souza to sug- gest in his column of April 29 that we


ACTION earns credit for efforts on behalf of Youngstown students

Opinion: ACTION earns credit for efforts on behalf of Youngstown students Congratulations to AC- TION. As


Beware of postal ‘experts’

Opinion: Beware of postal ‘experts’ It is disingenuous of a so- called “expert” to express opinions of fact


Prisoners expected a rose garden?

Opinion: Prisoners expected a rose garden? I am a God-fearing woman and believe in forgiveness, even


Science and religion differ

Opinion: Science and religion differ It’s official, science has de- termined that swearing and any


Media came through for us

Opinion: Media came through for us Too often the media get A “bad rap” for promoting negative news to sell


When stations gave service

Opinion: When stations gave service Many, many years ago there were businesses called service stations.


Public employees get their perks

Opinion: Public employees get their perks It seems as though I read in The Vindicator almost every week


SCOPE plans to continue

Opinion: SCOPE plans to continue SCOPE, Inc. of Trumbull Coun- ty has been in the news often in recent


Fixing Ohio’s redistricting scheme

Opinion: Fixing Ohio’s redistricting scheme AColumbus Dispatch story a few weeks ago about nine potential


A disaster less well remembered

Opinion: A disaster less well remembered The Vindicator’s special edi- tion of the Titanic disaster was


Help Postal Service on May 12 to Stamp Out Hunger in US

Opinion: Help Postal Service on May 12 to Stamp Out Hunger in US Hunger in THE UNITED STATES of America?


WRTA station downtown needs a serious cleanup

Opinion: WRTA station downtown needs a serious cleanup Speaking of unsanitary eye- sores, let me refer you


Just what doctor ordered: Merger of city, county health departments

Opinion: Just what doctor ordered: Merger of city, county health departments Iam writing in support of the


Connect the health-care dots

Opinion: Connect the health-care dots The special Sunday articles on the shale boom/doom offered insight by


Planned Parenthood misconceptions

Opinion: Planned Parenthood misconceptions As a current student at Kent State and a strong supporter of


High fees will drive students away

Opinion: High fees will drive students away I see YSU needs more money, so once again, we the students are


The key to enjoying greater riches is working harder and longer

Opinion: The so-called great divide between the “rich” and the “poor” ideally is seen as those whose


A lot hasn’t happened in a decade

Opinion: A lot hasn’t happened in a decade Remember those good old days way back in 2002? Oh. how things