Opinion and Editorial

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Ohio in the spotlight due to lethal injection

Opinion: Ohio’s full slate of executions, one scheduled each month through February 2010, is in serious


Governor shows leadership in handling budget crisis

Editorial: When the Ohio Supreme Court ruled recently that Gov. Ted Strickland and the General Assembly


Packard hourly and salaried retirees are united; they should get support from entire Valley

Opinion: EDITOR: This is about all of us in this Valley. We get pretty tired of hearing how all the others


Don’t believe all the critics

Opinion: Don’t believe all the critics EDITOR: John Boehner, the Republican leader in the U.S. House of


Pishkur chose the hard route

Opinion: Pishkur chose the hard route EDITOR: This letter is written in response to the forced


Primary need: more doctors

Opinion: Primary need: more doctors EDITOR: The Vindicator on September 14, 2009, published a short


Blame the Democrats for NAFTA

Opinion: Blame the Democrats for NAFTA EDITOR: Let me remind David Betras, the Mahoning County Democratic


Post office provides view of how government-run health care would work

Opinion: Post office provides view of how government-run health care would work EDITOR: If it’s true that


There will be no change if voters keep passing school levies

Opinion: There will be no change if voters keep passing school levies EDITOR: Is it possible I don’t live


For sports at Covelli, it’s try, try, try and try again

Opinion: The Covelli Centre’s newest hope for successful sports entertainment hit the ice last night. Is


Governor playing semantics with taxes

Opinion: COLUMBUS — That whole tax freeze dealio that Gov. Ted Strickland announced last week, the one that’s


A critical gun law case

Washington Post: With its landmark ruling in the 2008 case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the


Will area residents embrace new Phantoms? We hope so

Editorial: The Mahoning Valley SteelHounds professional hockey team is fading from memory; the Mahoning Valley


October has a way of changing things

Opinion: David’s shoes held their place at the top of the basement stairs. They were the first things you’d


It’s a question of health, equality

Opinion: BOSTON — My favorite moment so far in the health care debate was when Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl argued