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“It was very intense. On the call, it was like, ‘This area, go! This area, go!’ In

Opinion: “It was very intense. On the call, it was like, ‘This area, go! This area, go!’ In 2003 there was


‘Prestige U’ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Opinion: High school seniors who want to go to a selective college in the fall of 2008 should already be


Congress must address crisis in Social Security

Opinion: Last Monday, the nation’s first baby boomer, Kathleen Casey-Kirschling of Cherry Hill, N.J, signed


Bush ignores lessons of 125 civil wars

Opinion: Since the beginning of the Iraq war, President Bush has made it very clear that we will stay in that


Anti-Halloween attacks are downright ghastly

Opinion: Who needs to wait for another hyped-up “War on Christmas?” It’s only mid-October. And we’re


Home rule would give trustees power to do good

Opinion: Home rule would give trustees power to do good EDITOR: To anyone with a passing familiarity with


Cosby, Gore as different as black, green

Opinion: The 17th century philosopher Blaise Pascal once observed that mankind is suspended between two


A bust of a boom looms

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Remember March 10, 2000? Neither do a lot of other people. That’s the official end of


“Bingo! We’ve got him.”

Opinion: “Bingo! We’ve got him.” Maj. Gen. Wimol Powintara Of the Bangkok police, on the arrest of


Line item veto would amount to legislating

Opinion: WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is an intelligent man who sometimes seems eager to find bushel baskets


Vindicator file photo

Opinion: Vindicator file photo THIRTY YEARS AGO: Youngstown State University’s new center for fine and


Verizon shouldn’t be cellphone censor

Opinion: As the presidents of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the Christian Coalition of America, we are on


A tax to finance arena is looming

Opinion: In the battle between the city of Youngstown and Global Entertainment Corp. over the management of


In Boardman, Moliterno

In Boardman, Moliterno No one should envy whoever among the three candidates on the Nov. 6 ballot


‘Slots’ are AG’s responsibility

When Gov. Ted Strickland signs into law a bill aimed at ending the obvious trickery gambling