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Threats won’t work

Opinion: By Miguel Tinker Salas McClatchy-Tribune News Service Washington has blundered in Latin America


Justice in US is not perfect

Opinion: WASHINGTON Did the system work? Was justice served? We like to think of those questions as


Don’t stall Cordray nomination

Opinion: Los Angeles Times: Republicans in the Senate say they have no problem with Richard Cordray, the man


“Even among experts and law enforcement officials, there is disagreement to this day about

Opinion: “Even among experts and law enforcement officials, there is disagreement to this day about whether


Merging school administrations makes sense on many fronts

Editorial: The announcement earlier this month that the Mahoning County Educational Service Center and the


When greed trumps governance

Opinion: WASHINGTON There are two swift routes to political downfall. One is sex. The other is money. The


Trust in government will be hard to rebuild

Opinion: By Lee H. HAMILTON Special to The Vindicator Back in June, Gallup released a survey that got a


Know thyself also applies to America

Opinion: WASHINGTON When Houston was competing with a Brazilian city to be the site of a Japanese-owned


Someday we may know the rest of the Sciortino arrest story

Opinion: Someday we may know the rest of the Sciortino arrest story Vindicator writer Joe Gor- man wrote


Reconsidering Mooney move coincides with plea for funds

Opinion: The official explanation for Bishop George V. Murry’s decision to revisit his June 4 edict to keep


Marriage equality rooted in conservative principles

Opinion: Last year, my daughter Corbin married a woman named Jessica Gelman in a beautiful ceremony in


A disappearing act downtown

Editorial: We’re sure that lots of people are taking pictures this weekend at the Summer Festival of the Arts


Gambling proceeds to schools add up to mere chump change

Editorial: Earlier this month, the Ohio Lottery Commission trumpeted its record $2.8 billion in lottery sales


Memories built by steel

Opinion: The house that Carl Jacobson grew up in was a wooden home in Brownlee Woods. But it was built by


Opponents of fracking need more passion, zeal to save communities

Opinion: Opponents of fracking need more passion, zeal to save communities On July 1, I attended the