Opinion and Editorial

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McNally shows true colors with last-minute pay hikes

Editorial: Even supporters of Youngs- town Mayor John A. McNally – especially those who have been willing to


Hoerig case just awaiting Trump

Opinion: Now that the decades-long saga of the Karl Hoerig murder has been aired in prime time on national


Who will be watching or playing football five years from now?

Opinion: Time and change may lessen the desire to watch professional football and turn to something else


Mass murderer’s love song to Trump

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords “We’ve had a great relationship,” exulted a giddy Donald Trump,


Out of the mouth of Vladimir

Opinion: By Georgie Anne Geyer Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON Russia is all over the news these


Taking a good citizen test

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons My son Gideon’s former elementary school awarded (and still


Stories of perseverance, courage and compassion permeate life in our Valley

Editorial: Sometimes on the pages of The Vindicator, readers may get overwhelmed with the quantity of


GOP tax plan will be costly

Opinion: By Bob Lord OtherWords House Republicans and Donald Trump are ballyhooing the wonders of their


Prayer for peace that calls us to act

Opinion: By John L. MICEK Cagle Cartoons HARRISBURG, Pa. Howard Henry’s no preacher. But the prayer


Justice O’Neill crosses line with sexual history boast

Editorial: For some strange reason the word “candid” has been used to describe Ohio Supreme Court Justice


A nod, and a nodding off, today to another year of American hilarity

Opinion: WASHINGTON Tryptophan, an amino acid in turkey, is unjustly blamed for what mere gluttony does,


A time to give thanks

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons “Thanksgiving used to be my favorite holiday of the year. Now I


A tale of two strife-filled, hope-filled Thanksgivings

Editorial: Much like 154 years ago this week when Republican President Abraham Lincoln first officially


Conservative evangelicals using the Bible to push a social agenda

Opinion: When Jim Zeigler, the state auditor of Alabama, invoked the Bible to defend Republican Senate


What’s in store for the NHL?

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons Let’s start with a disclaimer, just so I’m not skating on thin