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After the Islamic State captured the key Iraqi city of Ramadi recently, Defense Secretary Ashton

Opinion: After the Islamic State captured the key Iraqi city of Ramadi recently, Defense Secretary Ashton


GOP hopefuls out of touch

Opinion: By Paul Ortiz Tribune News Service The Republican Party doesn’t seem to be interested in winning


Pulling threads of a Valley war hero

Opinion: This Friday will be 71 years since Youngstown’s William Roble flew off into the skies over France,


Taking to a road not traveled

Opinion: You know it’s time for a break when ... You answer a call from Jain, your significant other, with


Lessons endure from doomful day of tornadoes 30 years ago

Editorial: Today, the 30th anniversary of the pounding tornadoes that walloped the Mahoning and Shenango


Tax breaks for gas kill coal jobs; Lepore-Hagan challenged on abortion; cheers for new city court; marry Handel’s and White House; use free speech civilly

Opinion: Tax breaks for new energy plants are unfair to coal industry in US I am saddened to see the recent


Don’t ignore the facts in campaign to legalize marijuana

Opinion: By Ian James Special to The Vindicator I am writing in response to last Sunday’s column by


Early GOP contest has no meaning

Opinion: It’s started again, the quadrennial obsession of presidential campaigns, news organizations and,


Cooperation fuels success for $800M Valley energy facility

Editorial: Teamwork again has provided the key raw material to power construction of a mammoth $800 million


State bill targets pranksters

Opinion: This is how far we’ve progressed as a society: grown men pretending to urinate on the side of


Fair hiring is our right

Opinion: By Akim Lattermore Special to The Vindicator In 1990, I was 19 years of age and sentenced to a


States humiliating the poor

Opinion: By David A. LOVE Tribune News Service Legislators across the country are launching a mean-


Will a robot replace you?

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Imagine one day you’re poking along down the highway, a


A focus on the working class

Opinion: Bloomberg View: If it’s a social conservative Republican voters seek, Rick Santorum will be only one


Candidates, what do you propose?

Opinion: WASHINGTON It’s far too early in the campaign season to bemoan the absence of serious policy