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Ben Carson: A man worth listening to

Opinion: In the midst of year-end craziness — taking care of my organization’s year-closing business and


If another country held captives as U.S. does, we’d say it was wrong

Opinion: The Supreme Court heard arguments in December in cases brought by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.


Need for political redemption drove Bhutto

Opinion: I interviewed Benazir Bhutto a month before she returned to Pakistan in October after almost 10


“Why should foreign troops come in? We can take care of this, I can take care of this, you can

Opinion: “Why should foreign troops come in? We can take care of this, I can take care of this, you can take


Is homicide toll high enough to spur concerted action?

The year began on a frightening violent note in Youngstown, and events have borne out our prediction


Anti-Israel screed is without foundation

Opinion: In this holiday season, there are journalistic conventions one comes to expect: stories lamenting


Inexcusable deeds of J. Edgar Hoover

Opinion: You probably had to grow up in the 1950s or earlier to know deep in your bones just how radically


A wish for the bubble to burst in India

Opinion: My list of my top 10 foreign policy wishes for 2008 is presented in reverse order of urgency: U10.


What will be area’s top story in 2008?

Opinion: If you go for the obvious, the top story for 2008 in the Mahoning Valley, as with the rest of the


Follow the land-use plan and avoid legal problems

Opinion: Follow the land-use plan and avoid legal problems EDITOR: Wal-Mart’s attempts to receive a


There should be no deals in Morehead felony case

Judge Ashley Pike of the Columbiana County Common Pleas Court has made the right decision in asking


Council fixes its mistake

Council fixes its mistake Certainly Youngstown City Council and Mayor Jay Williams should be


Immigration could be deal-breaker for voters

Opinion: It has become conventional wisdom that illegal immigration may be the type of political issue that


Parents blind to reality of teens driving

Opinion: As I watched my girls aged 11, 8 and 6 roll around the house on the new scooters they received for


Vindicator file photo/ Robert K. Yosay

Opinion: Vindicator file photo/ Robert K. Yosay HAPPY NEW YEAR: A hearty band of a couple of hundred