Opinion and Editorial

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Light at end of the tunnel in Niles not fiscal mirage

Editorial: In the three years the city of Niles has been under state-declared fiscal emergency, there has been


What GM did not say

Opinion: Hope springs eternal whenever the topic of discussion is the future of General Motors’ Lordstown


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Pearls of wisdom

Opinion: Ruth Vukovich is mad at me. It’s not that she’s a hothead, but more a hophead. In a letter, she


President Trump talks too much

Opinion: By Byron York Andrews McMeel Syndication President Trump’s speech in Alabama Sept. 22 lasted one


Whites ignorant about race

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords As white people across the nation criticize Colin Kaepernick and


Initiative on fatherhood raises hopes for lowering high infant-mortality rate

Editorial: Study after study on father- hood reinforces the myriad benefits children derive from dads who play


Local Judge DeGenaro gets a boost in her bid for Ohio Supreme Court

Opinion: The Ohio Republican Party state central committee is to meet today and endorse 7th District Court of


NFL protests rile fans

Opinion: If you like professional sports, a major reason – perhaps THE reason – you attend games, or watch


Crackdown on prostitution shows true nature of crime

Editorial: A special two-day report in The Vindicator this week by reporters Jordyn Grzelewski and Joe Gorman


German Chancellor Merkel now the leader of the Western world

Opinion: By Georgie Anne Geyer Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON When the modern women’s movement


We get sick, they get rich

Opinion: By Sam Pizzigati OtherWords Our current health care system in the United States works just fine


Trump turns deaf ear to concerns of NFL players

Editorial: The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads as follows: “Congress shall make no law


We’re a nation of ignorant people

Opinion: At a National Archives ceremony recently in Washington, D.C., 30 immigrants became naturalized U.S.


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Surge in Valley overdoses calls for spike in assistance

Editorial: A recent alarming spike in reported drug overdoses and deaths in Trumbull County should leave no


NFL trounces Trump

Opinion: By John L. MICEK Cagle Cartoons On the day that Donald Trump tried to mess with America’s