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US reaches out to rebels in Yemen

Opinion: The Houthis, Shiite Muslim rebels who announced that they were taking control of Yemen’s government


Auschwitz horrors recounted

Opinion: The Philadelphia Inquirer: Many events will mark this year’s 70th anniversary of the end of World


How much will the killing of Jordanian pilot hurt ISIS?

Opinion: By Aaron David Miller Los Angeles Times Acts of individual violence and terror can at times be


Do KKK, anti-abortion terrorists make all Christians racist killers?

Opinion: Do KKK, anti-abortion terrorists make all Christians racist killers? In a Letter to the Editor


‘Village’ trumps a few misguided parents on vaccines

Opinion: By Christine M. FLOWERS Philadelphia Daily News When Hillary Clinton repeated the old adage


County health board exhibits tone-deafness in giving raises

Editorial: A $10,000 decrease in the amount of money the Mahoning County Board of Health receives from the


Did Saudi Arabia play role in 9/11?

Opinion: Zacarias Moussaoui has upped the ante on the White House to release 28 top-secret pages from a


Immigration courts ill-funded

Opinion: Dallas Morning News: To hear hard-liners tell it, this nation’s immigration problem boils down to


Comic book world’s efforts at racial inclusion fall short

Opinion: By Allan Austin and Patrick Hamilton The Philadelphia Inquirer If you’ve been paying attention


‘Fifty Shades’ is a form of ‘residue’

Opinion: By Gina Barreca The Hartford Courant How did we go from Lesley Gore belting out “You Don’t Own


Let Iowa remain the first caucus state

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg News If it’s a year before the Iowa caucuses, it must be time


Beware attack on fossil fuel

Opinion: By Martin Abraham Special to The Vindicator The campaign to persuade universities and


Firing-range funds for airbase must be preserved in US budget

Editorial: For the short-term viability and the long-term survival of the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in


Obama’s detractors overreact

Opinion: WASHINGTON Such is the daggers-drawn state of political discourse in Washington these days that


Bailed-out banker whines

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Jamie Dimon is annoyed. He’s fed up with the populist attitude