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Public pools becoming rare

Opinion: By Michael Saltsman The Vindicator School is out. The mercury in our thermometers is creeping


When murder becomes a way of life, a city can’t survive

Editorial: There have been other bloody weekends in Youngstown, even bloodier weekends during those years in


China is changing quickly

Opinion: I saw her stride purposefully down a pedestrian mall in Chengdu in red tunic and black leggings. And


Obama destroying the U.S.

Opinion: When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in


Who knows best? We do

Opinion: Who knows best? We do A recent letter to the Ed- itor commenting upon Thomas Sowell’s recent op-ed


Immigrants fuel economy

Opinion: By Alan Jenkins and Juhu Thukral McClatchy-Tribune During their recent meeting, President Obama


Fame at any cost?

Opinion: Rutland (Vermont) Herald: Much of the world held its breath recently as the fate of a 16-year-old


Oil spill is important moment for the nation

Opinion: By Fred Krupp McClatchy-Tribune We rarely see them coming, the moments that crystallize public


U.S. hurting itself on energy

Opinion: By Ben Lieberman Heritage Foundation “We’re running out of places to drill on land and in


Show of force works in Iran

Opinion: By Yasaman Baji Institute for War & Peace Reporting TEHRAN Unlike last year, when the disputed


U.S. has right to benefit from Afghanistan’s mineral wealth

Editorial: Last week’s revelation in THE New York Times that war-torn Afghanistan has nearly $1 trillion in


A lesson in brave parenting

Opinion: By Bruce Barcott Los Angeles Times What in heaven’s name were her parents thinking? For a lot


U.S. too cautious in Afghanistan

Opinion: WASHINGTON Torrents of uninteresting mail inundate members of Congress, but occasionally there are


Afghanistan exit date murky

Opinion: It was one of those ohmyGod moments. Gen. David Petraeus was testifying Tuesday before the Senate


Changes in Ohio education undercut Youngstown’s case

Editorial: Over a period of 40 years, there have been several attempts by residents of Coitsville Township to