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Youngstown’s decent people deserve better from leaders

Opinion: Youngstown’s decent people deserve better from leaders EDITOR: I agree somewhat with your April


Scandal in Dann’s office another black eye for us

Opinion: “That so many people in trouble are from the Mahoning Valley is a black eye for the area.” Paul


ON THE SIDE...

Opinion: On the side


Man sentenced for posting threats on Vindy.com

Opinion: YOUNGSTOWN — The West Side man who posted threatening comments on Vindy.com last December against a


Man sentenced for beating his girlfriend

Opinion: YOUNGSTOWN — Billy Mock, the Youngstown man convicted of felonious assault for beating his


Catholic colleges focus on freedom, faith

Opinion: Mindless dogmatism is not part of the Catholic intellectual tradition. As stewards of that


Bush should resolve China-Tibet crisis

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Although I sympathize with the Tibetans here who have protested President George W.


Answer the call for food aid

Opinion: Kansas City Star: Riots in Haiti and elsewhere portend worse to come if the world does not deal


Dramatic changes needed to close the education gap in America

Opinion: Two recent studies show the complexity in assessing educational progress in our nation. One, the


Clinton, Obama doing GOP a favor

Opinion: Karl Rove has been mothballed. The Swift Boaters have been decommissioned. But conservatives need


“I am deeply ashamed, and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the

Opinion: “I am deeply ashamed, and we will do what is possible so this cannot happen again in the future.”


Let Ohioans decide whether voting by mail should be SOP

Editorial: As state and county governments struggle to make financial ends meet, and as county boards of


No worker rights, no trade pact

Opinion: Last Sept. 27, 16-year-old Andres Damian Florez Rodriguez was on his way home from school when he


Golden age of roads, when they were paved with brick

Opinion: Golden age of roads, when they were paved with brick EDITOR: While growing up on the North Side


Presidential candidates must address airline industry woes

Editorial: Presidential candidates must address airline industry woes Presidential candidates John McCain,