Opinion and Editorial

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Mahoning County officials must accept flat budgeting

Editorial: As Mahoning County’s officeholders move through the budget hearing turnstiles, the word they need to


Set a low value for the dollar against the yuan

Opinion: WASHINGTON — As a candidate, Barack Obama said he would “insist that China stop manipulating its


We turn out the stadium lights on Blitz coverage this season

Opinion: No. It was a pretty quick, and clear, answer from Austintown school officials about The Vindicator


A flawed prescription

Los Angeles Times: It took well over a year, but the federal government has finally realized that it


Students, not trustees seeking new fee at YSU

Editorial: A $1 per credit-hour-fee has been proposed for Youngstown State University students — by the Student


Pitchforks, torches for GOP budget fix

Opinion: COLUMBUS — Mary Shelley couldn’t have crafted a more frightening novel than the Frankenstein-esque


Is religion a conduit for anguish, pain?

Opinion: For some people, the violent acts of Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole suspect in the Fort Hood, Texas,


Where are the Latin American students?

Opinion: While looking at a new report on foreign students at U.S. universities, it’s hard not to conclude


Can we boldly go?

Can we boldly go? Philadelphia Inquirer: Maybe someone should have stuck a copy of “The Right


Political correctness is destroying us from within

Opinion: Political correctness is destroying us from within EDITOR: The tragedy at Fort Hood was a


Redefining freedom in D.C.

Opinion: Redefining freedom in D.C. EDITOR: One could not help but be impressed with the words of U.S.


Palin is a force GOP must reckon with

Opinion: I’m sure I would like Sarah Palin if I got the chance to meet her. We share many things in common.


Great public ed is a right

Opinion: We’ve got to stop cutting public education. To ease the budget crisis, one state after another is


France bans gay adoptions

Opinion: If you had to guess, where would you say a gay couple has a better chance of legally adopting a


Palin: Lipstick on a rogue

Opinion: BOSTON — You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don’t mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination.