Opinion and Editorial

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Hubbard horn-honking saga could finally come to an end

Editorial: For more than six years, Garrick Krlich and his wife have complained that they are the targets of a


US House stonewalls gay rights

Opinion: The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer: The U.S. Senate’s recent overwhelming approval of ENDA — the


Why is workplace discrimination still an issue in this day and age?

Opinion: Why is workplace discrimination still an issue in this day and age? In the U.S. Senate earlier


Obama administration is guilty of political malpractice

Opinion: WASHINGTON The promise and the apology are the bookends of effective politics. President Obama


Responsible governing gets messy but works in Warren

Editorial: Quite often in this space, The Vindicator finds it necessary to take to task government leaders for


Spirit of Thanksgiving

Opinion: Green Bay Press-Gazette: Thanksgiving is 10 days away, and this year’s holiday includes a helping of


Defeat of roads levy in Liberty serves notice to school district

Editorial: Liberty Township residents, by a vote of 1,255 to 983, turned down a request from government for a


Excitement in the air about 2016

Opinion: WASHINGTON The New Republic magazine was, appropriately, the stimulant that gave the Democratic


Letter: Forcing educators to teach to test undermines complete education

Opinion: Forcing educators to teach to test undermines complete education The state now requires stu- dent


The judge and JFK

Opinion: If not for John F. Kennedy’s death, a lot of great things might never have happened. It’s profound


Lessons from Valley tragedies

Editorial: Many in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys spent last week mourning the deaths of two Sharon High


De Souza, Betras keep racial fires burning in ‘Youngstown, Miss.’

Opinion: De Souza, Betras keep racial fires burning in ‘Youngstown, Miss.’ Regarding Bertram de- Souza’s


Antonini sings like a canary

Opinion: If you’re an officeholder whose lips are firmly planted on the derriere of someone with the means —


What part of ‘public property’ is so difficult to comprehend?

Editorial: The $400 in private calls and text messages racked up by a Youngstown city government laborer isn’t


Campus rape all too common

Opinion: Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, Ill.: Rape on our college campuses is not an occasional thing.