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How far will we go to save face in Iraq?

Opinion: One of the more remarkable and depressing aspects of the Republican presidential contest is how


Politics shouldn’t guide Iraq policy

Opinion: Democratic politicians are either far more insightful than your average Republican, or, uniformly


Defamation is not civil discourse

Opinion: WASHINGTON — While negative political advertising has been around since the beginning of the


There are reasons to require state to provide speedy trials

Opinion: There are reasons to require state to provide speedy trials EDITOR: An 80-year-old robbery


“The U.S isn’t so mighty anymore.”

Opinion: “The U.S isn’t so mighty anymore.” Toronto resident Brian Lee On the Canadian dollar reaching


Dems, GOP should join forces on Iraq

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The drawdown of troops in Iraq without leaving the country and the region in absolute


A 10.5 percent pay raise and great health care are not good enough for city’s finest

When is enough enough? That is a question Youngstown taxpayers have a perfect right to ask after


Wall Street financing Chinese police state

Opinion: WASHINGTON — The American economy may be teetering on the brink of a recession, but there’s an


Marines unsettled by Iraq mission

Opinion: QUANTICO, Va. — Here at “the crossroads of the Marine Corps,” some officers are uneasily pondering a


Jim Crow has come for our children

Opinion: Something about the case of the “Jena 6” has sparked a rumbling within the black community. It’s


Vindicator file photo, 1984

Opinion: Vindicator file photo, 1984 FIFTY YEARS AGO: On Sept. 22, 1957, Youngstown Mayor Frank X. Kryzan


It wasn’t hard to see that America’s steel industry was in distress long before Black Monday

Opinion: EDITOR: In the mid to late 1950s, I worked for Republic Steel in Cleveland, first in the cold


Taxpayers must give credit to teachers for concessions

As the campaigns for and against the proposed 9.5-mill levy for the Youngstown City School District


Looking for a hero? Look no farther than Kelly Pavlik

Opinion: Looking for a hero? Look no farther than Kelly Pavlik EDITOR: We hear so much about how


Caught in the eye of a religious storm

Opinion: Note: First-person columns rarely appear in this space, but an exception is being made today due of