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The system is fatally flawed

Opinion: The system is fatally flawed EDITOR: Obamacare seems to have morphed from a health reform bill


Humane society needs a hand

Opinion: Humane society needs a hand EDITOR: Every day our staff of 16 comes to work to care for our


Who needs bling when you’ve got Bing

Opinion: Who needs bling when you’ve got Bing EDITOR: I have been listening to Christmas music on the


Real men oppose abortion

Opinion: Real men oppose abortion EDITOR: In last Sunday’s letter, “Why is abortion part of the health-


Happy Christmas forever

Opinion: Happy Christmas forever EDITOR When I began reading the letter last Sunday’s urging the radio


Hearing from home means more than words can say

Opinion: Hearing from home means more than words can say EDITOR: I cannot begin to express my thanks for


Who’s complaining over there?

Opinion: Who’s complaining over there? EDITOR: While we hear a lot of Americans railing about the flaws


There’s something missing

Opinion: There’s something missing EDITOR: If you drive through the main streets of Girard, Niles, Warren


Which holiday was that?

Opinion: Which holiday was that? EDITOR: I have been a resident of Mahoning County for 75 years and I


Time Warner is looking for a fair call from the NFL

Opinion: Time Warner is looking for a fair call from the NFL EDITOR: Time Warner Cable agrees with the


Let your fingers do the flying

Opinion: Let your fingers do the flying EDITOR: With all the attention given to global warming in the


Misplaced media priorities

Opinion: Misplaced media priorities EDITOR: Your Dec. 2 editorial page cartoon of the electronic media


Adoption is a double blessing

Opinion: Adoption is a double blessing EDITOR: Unfortunately, I missed The Vindicator’s story and


They are what they are: people

Opinion: They are what they are: people EDITOR: All week we heard about “30,000 “troops.” What exactly


Stop the madness

Opinion: Stop the madness EDITOR: A vote for “Affordable Healthcare for America Act” is a vote for a


Why is abortion part of the health-care debate?

Opinion: Why is abortion part of the health-care debate? EDITOR: Being a man, I’ll never have to decide


I’m dreaming of something new

Opinion: I’m dreaming of something new EDITOR In the spirit of the season, I would like to respectfully


Tickets for ‘fuzzy dice’

Opinion: Tickets for ‘fuzzy dice’ EDITOR: In the recent election, voters in this area nixed the idea of


Youngstown can’t get respect

Opinion: Youngstown can’t get respect EDITOR: When I was a kid, I remember one of my older cousins


Let’s lose offensive mascots

Opinion: Let’s lose offensive mascots EDITOR: I wanted to applaud The Vindicator for printing an


Being free includes the freedom to be disagreeable

Opinion: Being free includes the freedom to be disagreeable EDITOR: I knew if I waited long enough


It’s time to wake up

Opinion: It’s time to wake up EDITOR: The problem with America and the world is the selfishness and greed


We can’t make it all

Opinion: We can’t make it all EDITOR: While correctly addressing common economic fallacies regarding


Beware of e-mail scams

Opinion: Beware of e-mail scams EDITOR: Recently, I was a potential victim of a targeted scam. I was


Those who play should pay

Opinion: Those who play should pay EDITOR: It is fundamental that sex between two responsible adults is


We’re helping the enemy

Opinion: We’re helping the enemy EDITOR: I am troubled by a recent article in the paper about a 15-year-


We’re killing ourselves here

Opinion: We’re killing ourselves here EDITOR: There was a good letter to the editor, “Political


Returns here to a surprise

Opinion: Returns here to a surprise EDITOR: I recently returned to the Youngstown area after an absence


Suddenly deficits matter

Opinion: Suddenly deficits matter EDITOR: I have been reading much folderol about the efforts at health


Avoid the public ‘s’ word

Opinion: Avoid the public ‘s’ word EDITOR: After over 30 years in higher education at seven campuses


Government give big corporations life preservers; tells small business to sink or swim

Opinion: EDITOR: I am writing as both as a taxpayer and as a representative of a small company in


Following where scientific evidence leads in deciding medical care isn’t ‘rationing’

Opinion: EDITOR: The current dustup about mammography, a widely used and valuable X-ray procedure for early


Stand up or leave

Opinion: Stand up or leave EDITOR: Hubbard High School student, Roxanne Westover, an atheist, has it all


The title goes with the job

Opinion: The title goes with the job EDITOR: I and most of the American people of every race, creed,


Pickets win, all others lose

Opinion: Pickets win, all others lose EDITOR: Congratulations to the union and hired pickets for