Opinion and Editorial

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Common-sense defense

Common-sense defense Los Angeles Times: The missile defense shield in Eastern Europe was one of


Don’t look to shareholders to fix executive pay

Opinion: Your friendly local Fortune 500 company is dumping toxic chemicals into the river that runs through


Been there, didn’t do that

Opinion: WASHINGTON — For 11 days in late August and early September in 1995, U.S. and NATO air power


Congress should fill succession hole

Opinion: Eight years after the 9/11 attacks, the government has taken broad steps to make Americans safer and


Green energy holds the key to the future for the Valley

Opinion: Green energy holds the key to the future for the Valley EDITOR: As an entrepreneur and an


It’s time to fix health care

Opinion: It’s time to fix health care EDITOR: Thank you, Thomas Lamb, for your enlightening letter of


‘Come to YSU, we even have computers’

Opinion: To hear Youngstown State University’s administration tell it, the $4,500 bonuses that 400 or so


Supreme Court flirts with redefining ‘corporation’

Opinion: Supreme Court flirts with redefining ‘corporation’ EDITOR: As someone who believes strongly in


Trustees have been working on Canfield sewer problem

Opinion: Trustees have been working on Canfield sewer problem EDITOR: In response to a Sept. 13 letter,


Lethal injection is inhumane

Opinion: Lethal injection is inhumane EDITOR: The colloquial definition of insanity is to do the same


Making the best of one lap in life

Opinion: I’m a dad in progress, as I’ve said. This week’s work session involved death. In the realm of


Toll the bell for the innocent

Opinion: Toll the bell for the innocent EDITOR: As the bells at St. Mary Church in Warren tolled recently


Good for Jim Traficant

Opinion: Good for Jim Traficant EDITOR: After reading The Vindicator’s Sept. 19 editorial, “True to form


Traficant’s scary new fans

Opinion: Traficant’s scary new fans EDITOR: An interesting thing has happened since disgraced former


Everyone recognizes GM’s importance to the area, but YSU employees get no respect

Opinion: EDITOR: In response to the Sept. 15 editorial, “Public should be livid...,” oh, how the worm has