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Does Mahoning County need another government study?

Editorial: At first glance, a job/wage schedule for Mahoning County government makes perfect sense, seeing as


It doesn't matter how good a job you do

Opinion: By HAROLD MEYERSON WASHINGTON POST WIXOM, Mich. -- From the outside, the Ford assembly plant


Dems split on party chairman

Opinion: A year after becoming Democratic Party chair, Howard Dean remains controversial. To much of the


JAPAN

JAPAN Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo, Feb. 15: The U.S. Energy Department announced its Global Nuclear


Patriot gamesmanship

Los Angeles Times: Presented with a rare opportunity to act like a separate branch of government


Getting airborne isn't easy

Editorial: Too often in the past, the Mahoning Valley has looked for the big, magic bullet to solve its


Good old boys survive

Opinion: Good old boys survive EDITOR: The round of musical chairs being played locally and statewide is


"I think sooner or later there will be a need to close the Guantanamo (camp), and I think it will be up to the government to decide."

Opinion: "I think sooner or later there will be a need to close the Guantanamo (camp), and I think it will be


Vindicator file photo/Paul R. Schell

Opinion: Vindicator file photo/Paul R. Schell FORTY YEARS AGO: A little bit of Hollywood came to Youngstown


Today is Saturday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2006. There are 316 days left in the year. On this date

Opinion: Today is Saturday, Feb. 18, the 49th day of 2006. There are 316 days left in the year. On this date


Tired, and for good reason

Opinion: Tired, and for good reason EDITOR: I am a 61 year old, blue collar worker who has spent all of


Public has right to know all that government does

Editorial: Two recent closed-door meetings involving elected officials prompts this reminder about government:


GEORGE F. WILL Blackwell is the GOP's best hope

Opinion: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Maryland borders Pennsylvania, which borders Ohio, which borders Michigan. In that


Ohio's working poor being ignored

Opinion: By DAVID ANDERSON MINUTEMAN MEDIA Living wage advocates don't wield much clout in the Ohio


The trees for the forest

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: In a neat bit of circular reasoning, the Bush administration is proposing to sell