Opinion and Editorial

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Thrust into idled murder case, retired judge jump-starts justice

Editorial: Given the speedy and matter- of-fact management of one of the Mahoning Valley’s longest and most


Meeks’ departure as president of Eastern Gateway unnerving

Editorial: E astern Gateway Community College has become such an integral part of the higher education


Untested rape kits become campaign issue in AG race

Opinion: Untested rape kits have become an issue in the Ohio attorney general’s race this fall. A rape kit


Do not panic over Ebola

Editorial: Ebola, THE viral disease that ravages the liver and kidneys and that has killed thousands in


Supremes have Dems singing

Opinion: With the November general election just about a month away, the latest Quinnipiac public opinion


De Souza criticized; media missed Traficant's positives; Jimbo was one of the greats; drug testing necessary everywhere; smoke and mirrors with bill of rights

Opinion: Columnist de Souza blasted for personal attack on Traficant Bertram de Souza’s com- mentary has


Hired leaders to aid ours?

Opinion: We will go to the polls in a month to vote on $72 million in new taxes requested from local


No easy path for FitzGerald

Opinion: COLUMBUS I was sitting in church the other day when a guy I know started asking me about election


Harness resources, will to end the bleak listing of Youngstown

Editorial: Once again, the city of Youngstown finds itself among familiar and dismal company in the latest Top


Traficant was my friend

Opinion: By Rep. JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr. Special to The Vindicator Several years ago the Washington Post


NAACP national youth leader here Friday

Opinion: The NAACP's local unit seeks to engage young people


Freedom of speech is freedom

Opinion: Minot (N.D.) Daily News: Over the last few weeks, we have received several calls and visits from


Parkersburg News and Sentinel on autumn in West Virginia:

Opinion: Parkersburg News and Sentinel on fall in West Virginia: West Virginia’s state parks are


There’s a new case for term limits

Opinion: “The legislative department is everywhere ... drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.”


Tressel comes face to face with the reality that’s YSU

Editorial: There must be times when Youngstown State University President James P. Tressel, recalling the 32