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Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


YSU allowed a gift to deteriorate

Opinion: YSU allowed a gift to deteriorate I was distressed to hear on WYSU-FM news one morning that YSU


Lions in the mountains of Pa.?

Opinion: Lions in the mountains of Pa.? The Erie Times-News recently ran an interesting article about


Nursing home reveille played on bed pans at 4 a.m.; then it gets worse

Opinion: The Vindicator has done some very good investigative stories. Here’s a suggestion for another:


St. Elizabeth’s feels St. Stan’s pain

Opinion: St. Elizabeth’s feels St. Stan’s pain As I read about the parishio- ners of St. Stan’s who are


Yet another neighborhood helper

Opinion: Yet another neighborhood helper We read with interest your article “Neighbors pile up good will”


A biblical solution: forgive all debt

Opinion: A biblical solution: forgive all debt As a taxpayer and a natural born citizen of the once great


Reverse the trade flow

Opinion: Reverse the trade flow How can the Labor Depart- ment, the Commerce Department, and the U.S.


Blame Boehner, not Pelosi

Opinion: Blame Boehner, not Pelosi I write in response to the Dec. 18 editorial “Valley should stand up in


An insult could become a compliment, depending on who’s making it

Opinion: In the Dec. 12 Vindicator, Don L. Hanni III questions my ethics and integrity concerning the


Nothing wrong with WTC brand

Opinion: Nothing wrong with WTC brand Last Sunday, Bertram de Souza chose to state the naming of the


Medical care was top notch

Opinion: Medical care was top notch Recently our daughter was hospitalized for an acute condition of blood


In the spirit of the season, thanks

Opinion: In the spirit of the season, thanks Thanksgiving would have been a more appropriate time for this


More than charity begins at home

Opinion: More than charity begins at home The Vindicator’s story re- porting school board member Anthony


As owners cut costs, jobs lose

Opinion: As owners cut costs, jobs lose Much is being said today about jobs or rather lack of jobs. There


Founders didn’t look left and right

Opinion: Founders didn’t look left and right Last Sunday’s letter writ- er confuses our “Founding Fathers”


What happened to middle class?

Opinion: What happened to middle class? The redistribution of wealth from the middle class to the extreme


Closing schools is a safety issue

Opinion: Closing schools is a safety issue I do not reside in the city of Youngstown, however I find it


Victims of bullying have somewhere to turn for support

Opinion: Victims of bullying have somewhere to turn for support A disturbing number of re- ports are


Selective statistics distort truth

Opinion: Selective statistics distort truth Ed Fulmer, president of the conservative think tank, the


Congress takes care of itself first

Opinion: Congress takes care of itself first I’m constantly surprised and saddened at how the members of


Founders were a liberal bunch

Opinion: Founders were a liberal bunch Much has been said about what the intent of the Founding Fathers


Barnum never saw a mutt he couldn’t improve with a designer label

Opinion: Is this a great country, or what? Times change, but ”caveat emptor” remains the same — let the


Greenford congregation knew what it was doing in leaving ELCA

Opinion: Greenford congregation knew what it was doing in leaving ELCA I am the pastor of Greenford


Just hope for the best

Opinion: Just hope for the best Nothing is clearer in histo- ry than the adoption by successful rebels of


Don’t get a vaccination out of fear

Opinion: Don’t get a vaccination out of fear The focus of The Vindica- tor’s Nov. 22 article about the flu


Consider the sales person

Opinion: Consider the sales person Another holiday season is upon us, which means traveling to friends’ and


Think before you buy

Opinion: Think before you buy Please wake up, Tea Party, Democrats, Republicans and Independents. While


Who would take a child’s purse?

Opinion: Who would take a child’s purse? While shopping with my three grandchildren Nov. 13 at the Eastwood


Take a look a rail’s potential

Opinion: Take a look a rail’s potential I’ve worked 36 years in the rail- road industry, most in


Graham gets credit for Lordstown success, not blame for GM failures

Opinion: In response to the ranting of a writer from Newton Falls last Sunday, take off your blinders and


Postman doesn’t even ring once

Opinion: Postman doesn’t even ring once I was always an advocate for the postal service. Maybe because I


Ohio should keep rail money

Opinion: Ohio should keep rail money Reading the recently re- ported news regarding Gov.-elect Kasich


There’s no excuse for lawlessness

Opinion: There’s no excuse for lawlessness I have lived in the Youngstown area all my life and I guess


Stop making excuses; cut jobs

Opinion: Stop making excuses; cut jobs Please continue to write ed- itorials about Mahoning County’s


Letters to the editor: Valley’s problem is easy to see

Opinion: Valley’s problem is easy to see Anyone who still doesn’t understand why the Mahoning Valley lags