Opinion and Editorial

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Ambassador of Goodwill leaves a legacy of success

Editorial: Under the astute and talented leadership of Michael W. McBride over the past four decades,


Trump’s budget is important but not for obvious reasons

Opinion: By Andrew Malcolm Special to McClatchy President Donald Trump’s first federal budget is very


Compassion, common sense can fix Trump budget plan

Opinion: Compassion, common sense can fix Trump budget plan President Donald J. Trump’s proposed budget


Youngstown can’t ignore projected budget shortfall

Editorial: Five months ago, an out-of- towner who reviewed the city of Youngstown’s books offered this brutal


State bursts YSU’s bubble

Opinion: For a goodly number of Mahoning Valley residents, Youngstown State University is the shining city


What is $286 million?

Opinion: The Vindicator rolled out a story last week that puzzled a bunch of us. “Stunned” might be a better


Iran is setting its sights on Iraq

Opinion: MOSUL, Iraq Iraqi forces helped by U.S. air power have clawed back much of this broken city from


Many Ohioans barely scrape by

Opinion: More than 1.6 million Ohioans – that’s about 14.8 percent of the population in the state – were


QUOTE OF THE DAY

Opinion: QUOTE OF THE DAY “Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the wrong decision.”


US budget should preserve CDBG, Meals on Wheels

Editorial: White House Budget CHIEF Mick Mulvaney tried but failed recently to rationalize the Donald Trump


Confirm Judge Gorsuch

Opinion: Dallas Morning News: Senate hearings over the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch have


Republican primary for governor will feature several heavy hitters

Opinion: It appears the Republican Party has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to candidates running


Heroin is worse than pot

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently called marijuana use a


Rx to better help children harmed by opioid scourge

Editorial: Good news and bad news flowed directly out of Columbus this week about the war on opiate abuse and


Here come Trump, North Korea

Opinion: By Albert R. HUNT Bloomberg View President Donald Trump is a reckless bully with authoritarian