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Bottom Dollar exit bad news for Youngstown and Warren

Editorial: To understand what the closing of the Bottom Dollar Food stores in Youngstown and Warren will mean


Silicon Valley tech giant sinks to new low with India hirings

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords The demigods of Silicon Valley like to present themselves as miracle


Blurred lines on campus

Opinion: WASHINGTON The line between consensual sex and sexual assault is not always comfortably clear.


Redfern stands by his man

Opinion: When the 419 area code phone number showed up on my cell last Friday, I knew it could be only one


Ford will long be remembered for love of the law, community

Editorial: Trumbull County and Ohio lost a man of distinction with the death of retired Judge Donald R. Ford


‘Shy people’ control elections

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords A big surprise from this year’s elections is that American politics


US foreign policy needs rethinking

Opinion: WASHINGTON Barack Obama’s coming request for Congress to “right-size and update” the Authorization


US and its partners in arms must eliminate ISIS leaders

Editorial: The U.S.-led airstrike last week against the leaders of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria near the


US dodged a bullet Nov. 4

Opinion: Just what happened last week on election day? And what is going to happen in the years ahead? The


Coolidge in 2016

Opinion: NEW YORK At a dinner sponsored by the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation recently (I am an unpaid


Heed President Obama’s call; honor, help nation’s veterans

Editorial: Honor. Duty. Country. Members of America’s armed forces have embodied those overarching


100 years old and going strong in preserving our communities

Opinion: 100 years old and going strong in preserving our communities Since Nov. 12-18 is Community


Congress’ lame-duck session doesn’t need to be do-nothing

Editorial: With Republicans drooling over the prospect of taking on Democratic President Barack Obama on a


Real monster is not Ebola; it’s US health-care system

Opinion: Real monster is not Ebola; it’s US health-care system The largest threats for the transmission of


Don’t underestimate value of early-childhood education

Opinion: By Ted Schmidt Special to The Vindicator Recently, The PNC Financial Services Group hosted the