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There’s more to bus service in city than meets the eye

Opinion: There’s more to bus service in city than meets the eye EDITOR: There has been much controversy

Now is the time to buy

Opinion: Now is the time to buy EDITOR: The news is full of stories about the sagging housing market, but

Everyone has a role to play in replacing culture of violence with something better

Opinion: EDITOR: The recent Vindicator editorial decrying “the culture of violence that has resulted in

It is a scientific fact: Life begins at conception

Opinion: It is a scientific fact: Life begins at conception EDITOR: Reading The Vindicator’s editorial

Good man and good trooper is treated unfairly by patrol

Opinion: Good man and good trooper is treated unfairly by patrol EDITOR: Recently an old story hit front

Resident says West Side isn’t what it use to be

Opinion: Resident says West Side isn’t what it use to be EDITOR: I am an 84-year-old resident of our city

Test numbers distort truth

Opinion: Test numbers distort truth EDITOR: I was disappointed in The Vindicator’s choice on Jan. 17 to

Clarifying recruitment issue as Catholic Schools Week opens

Opinion: Clarifying recruitment issue as Catholic Schools Week opens EDITOR: As Catholic Schools Week is

Pa. veterans in a bind

Opinion: Pa. veterans in a bind EDITOR: Our county has a nationwide backlog of 600,000 claims for

Waves wash away footprints, not memories

Opinion: Not long ago, I wrote of my friend. I referred to him by the name of Nick. He was a barber by trade.

Shame on the vandal

Opinion: Shame on the vandal EDITOR: I am a former trustee of Youngstown State University having served

New Chinese-made cars are mostly cheap knock-offs

Opinion: New Chinese-made cars are mostly cheap knock-offs EDITOR: The Detroit Auto Show last week

Don’t let cell phones slam hook on common courtesy

Opinion: Don’t let cell phones slam hook on common courtesy EDITOR: In these days of modern technology,

Stop, look, listen before judging local homeless

Opinion: Stop, look, listen before judging local homeless EDITOR: In a letter last Sunday, a writer

Better to ask than to assume

Opinion: Better to ask than to assume EDITOR: The letter in the “How you see it” column last Sunday

Minimum wage increase hits businesses where it hurts

Opinion: Minimum wage increase hits businesses where it hurts EDITOR: After reading the main story in

Presidential election awakens sleeping giant of discontent

Opinion: Presidential election awakens sleeping giant of discontent EDITOR: In the recently completed

WRTA needs to learn to run like a business

Opinion: WRTA needs to learn to run like a business EDITOR: There have been many negative responses to

On the other hand, who will you believe — Cal Thomas or Al Gore?

Opinion: On the other hand, who will you believe — Cal Thomas or Al Gore? EDITOR: In response to the

Truckers are hit by rising costs, stagnant freight rates

Opinion: Truckers are hit by rising costs, stagnant freight rates EDITOR: Let’s talk about the never-

TSO tops them all

Opinion: TSO tops them all EDITOR: The Vindicator’s Entertainment Extra edition of Dec. 27 included an

Evolution is science; creationism is belief

Opinion: Evolution is science; creationism is belief EDITOR: I write to strongly refute comments made in

Who will you believe — Cal or your lying eyes?

Opinion: Who will you believe — Cal or your lying eyes? EDITOR: In his December 27 column headlined

Reason for concern

Opinion: Reason for concern EDITOR: These figures are from the Bureau of Public Debt. They are the total

There are good reasons for doubting Darwinism

Opinion: There are good reasons for doubting Darwinism EDITOR: I wish to commend the writer of a Dec. 21

Concerned for possible loss of Mahoning Valley Hospital

Opinion: Concerned for possible loss of Mahoning Valley Hospital EDITOR: I am writing this letter not

Follow the land-use plan and avoid legal problems

Opinion: Follow the land-use plan and avoid legal problems EDITOR: Wal-Mart’s attempts to receive a

Who is the former legislator daring to call ignorant?

Opinion: Who is the former legislator daring to call ignorant? EDITOR: A former Ohio legislator stated in

Mahoning Valley Hospital’s loss would hurt area

Opinion: Mahoning Valley Hospital’s loss would hurt area EDITOR: It was very disheartening to hear that

Thanks for your support

Opinion: Thanks for your support EDITOR: During this season of gift giving it is appropriate that

Some thoughts on the true spirit of Christmas

Opinion: Some thoughts on the true spirit of Christmas EDITOR: Peace on Earth and good will to all —

Our own Christmas miracle

Opinion: Our own Christmas miracle EDITOR: On Sunday, Dec. 16, I was doubly blessed. I spent a beautiful

Community responded to needs of injured officer

Opinion: Community responded to needs of injured officer EDITOR: On Nov. 11, an alleged drunken driver

‘Compass’ author not the only one worthy of criticism

Opinion: EDITOR: I sympathize with the letter critical of Philip Pullman, author of “The Golden Compass,”

Needed: a vocabulary that is more sensitive to disabled

Opinion: Needed: a vocabulary that is more sensitive to disabled EDITOR: At a time in history when “we