Opinion and Editorial

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Ohio is not depriving locals

Opinion: By Lt. Gov. MARY TAYLOR Special to The Vindicator Just as a harbor lighthouse signals storm-


Cities need boost in funding to make a dent in demolition

Editorial: There are nearly 6,000 vacant homes in Youngstown and Warren that must be demolished, but like most


A new ‘dreamer’ needed

Opinion: If the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today — he undoubtedly would be a spry 84-year-old —


Two-pronged strategy proposed to lessen Valley’s heroin epidemic

Opinion: Two-pronged strategy proposed to lessen Valley’s heroin epidemic Thank you for spotlighting the


As Americans, we’ll always have more to do

Opinion: With kids’ activities these days, it seems they are always being entertained. My kids are no


Let other nations punish Syria

Opinion: Seattle Times: The United States is under no obligation or duty to take the lead in another military


Ohio should deny parole for Trumbull ‘sociopath’ killer

Editorial: Twenty-one years ago, 16-year- old Christopher Ferrell, along with a group of other juvenile


Ohio food banks need our help

Opinion: COLUMBUS In 2007, people in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties made more than a half-


Beware the trial lawyers

Opinion: The Florida Today, Melbourne: Gulf Coast residents, victimized in 2010 by BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil


Obama must make sure Syrian strike is surgical

Editorial: The White House’s insistence that regime change is not among the options being considered as a


SCRIPTURES

Opinion: SCRIPTURES Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him. 1 Chronicles 16:11


In appreciation of DuBois

Opinion: By Werner Lange Special to Tne Vindicator Some moments in American history just take your breath


National Dems blind to local reality

Opinion: National Democrats and their staff seem to get lost once they step outside Washington, D.C. I


Despite Republican high jinks, Obamacare may prove popular

Opinion: Despite Republican high jinks, Obamacare may prove popular When President Lyndon Johnson passed


Obama should stop talking

Opinion: WASHINGTON Barack Obama’s foreign policy dream — cordial relations with a Middle East tranquilized