Opinion and Editorial

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Ohio General Assembly must take action on revenge porn

Opinion: Ohio legislators are looking the other way when it comes to “revenge porn.” That might be the right


YSU’s next president should be willing to stay for a while

Editorial: What’s the most obvious ques- tion each of the three finalists for the presidency of Youngstown


Mahoning GOP lacks credibility

Opinion: How’s this for political spin: Mark Munroe, chairman of the Mahoning County Republican Party,


City reignites a VIP program

Editorial: Don’t mess with success. That winning philosophy has been embraced by the Youngstown Police


Is it Tressel again, as YSU and UA square off?

Opinion: Almost 30 years ago, Youngstown State University and the University of Akron dueled for a major


Readers blast Tressel illustration; Why such negativity from Bill of Rights proponents?, Support for West Branch school levy and Liberty roads levy

Opinion: How low can Vindicator go in its fawning coverage of Jim Tressel? Last Sunday’s Page One illus-


No endorsement in the race for Mahoning probate judge

Editorial: Off-the-record conversations with reliable sources are the stock-in-trade of the newspaper


National debt is damaging

Opinion: The Adirondack (N.Y.) Enterprise: Americans seem to have become numb to worry about our astronomical


Can’t we all just get along?

Opinion: COLUMBUS It wouldn’t be an election season in Ohio without a series of legal challenges to


Blacks urged to vote and help black children excel

Opinion: A proposed plan to provide positive role models for black children hasn't developed because of a lack of commitment from black professionals.


YSU tennis team basks in glory; track stars stay in hot pursuit

Editorial: Don’t look now, but champion ship fever has infected the campus of Youngstown State University this


Has the IRS gone insane?

Opinion: Newsday: In a stunning affront to the nation’s taxpayers, the IRS gave performance bonuses of cash


Dunbar HS center of controversy

Opinion: Dunbar High School in Washington is becoming a controversial issue again — and the controversy that


Governor’s race goes ‘Mean’

Opinion: The campaign of Ed FitzGerald, a Democrat running for governor, received some attention for his


Howland residents, be prepared to open vein if school levy passes

Opinion: Howland residents, be prepared to open vein if school levy passes Wake up, Howland taxpay- ers.