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Mascot gets negative reviews

Opinion: Journal Star, Peoria, Ill.: The early reviews are in on Bradley University’s new mascot — a gargoyle


Local officials under pressure to deal with pothole epidemic

Editorial: Local officials under pressure to deal with pothole epidemic It’s no accident (the use of this


Arrest of Public Enemy No. 1 marks milestone in drug war

Editorial: The recent capture of Public Enemy No. 1 in the illicit Mexico-U.S. drug trade brings both good


Letting inmates fill potholes is win-win for the taxpayers

Opinion: Letting inmates fill potholes is win-win for the taxpayers Potholes are everywhere in the Mahoning


IRS a shill for Obama, Democrats

Opinion: WASHINGTON What’s been said of confession — that it is good for one’s soul but bad for one’s


Answers needed in death of 3-year-old on porch

Editorial: Many in the Mahoning Valley sank into deep despair upon hearing news of a 3-year-old boy who


Is right to work alive as an issue?

Opinion: Republican Gov. John Kasich, who is seeking re-election this year, has been avoiding the right-to-


And our message board was bad?

Opinion: When I arrived here in 2007, among the many criticisms I heard about The Vindicator was our


State shouldn’t miss the chance to spur Y’town transformation

Editorial: When “Youngstown 2010,” the city’s transformational blueprint, was being developed more than a


Turning 65 this year? Learn the basics of Medicare

Opinion: Are you one of the nearly 150,000 Ohioans who will celebrate their 65th birthdays this year? If


Teddy's law focus is on child abuse prevention; don't badger YSU trustees; connecting gun violence and abortion

Opinion: Aim of Teddy’s Law is centered squarely on preventing child abuse A lawsuit against Mahoning


‘TWD’ ban is not working

Opinion: COLUMBUS I drive the highways around Ohio’s capital city just about every day of the week. And


Boost campaign finance laws

Opinion: The Herald-News, Joliet, Ill.: Money seems to play a bigger role in political campaigns than it ever


Obama’s spending blueprint should trigger public reaction

Editorial: It didn’t take long for Republicans in Congress to hold up the “Dead on Arrival” sign as the nation


Fix mail delivery in N.D.

Opinion: Bismarck (N.D.) Tribune: Despite stories about deficits at the U.S. Postal Service, delivery of