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With this example, how do you trust government to save us?

Opinion: I have a high level of aggravation right now based on the economy. We all do, I suppose. My


Rediscovering Downtown

Opinion: Rediscovering Downtown EDITOR: I am a 74-year-old woman who used to work for many years in


Let me count the reasons why spending billions on a coal -to-fuel plant is a bad idea

Opinion: EDITOR: In an apocalyptic book that came out a few years ago, author James H. Kunstler outlined


Valley left out of casino proposal

Opinion: If the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and his high-rolling cohorts think they can pass a


Afghan leader looking to Russia for assistance

Opinion: KABUL, Afghanistan — History has a funny way of repeating itself in Afghanistan. Back in the 19th


Vindicator file photo/ Paul R. Schell

Opinion: Vindicator file photo/ Paul R. Schell AWARD WINNER: This photograph of John F. Kennedy campaigning


Pennsylvania, Ohio link could benefit the Valley

Editorial: If there’s strength in numbers, then the Mahoning Valley should have the power to move mountains.


A tier worth crying over

Editorial: A tier worth crying over Nursing homes in Mahoning and Trumbull counties have been trying for


No bipartisan backing for state budgets

Opinion: COLUMBUS — Remember those happy-go-lucky days of budget time 2007? Back when new Gov. Ted


Overdue and much needed

Scripps Howard: President Obama seems to be announcing new initiatives at the rate of one a day, but


Obama’s troop pullout plan a reflection of reality in Iraq

Editorial: The anger expressed by many Democrats in Congress over President Barack Obama’s plan for the


Limbaugh: The man who won’t change

Opinion: BOSTON — I was going to give this a good leaving alone. But there I was flying home from a mellow


National optimism is an American trait

Opinion: When people outside the United States ask me to tell them about this country, I describe one aspect


Men: End violence against women

Opinion: March is Women’s History Month, but I’d like to focus on how all men can help make life better for


“The security system in Pakistan under this regime has collapsed because this government is

Opinion: “The security system in Pakistan under this regime has collapsed because this government is too busy