Opinion and Editorial

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Voting rights wronged

Opinion: By Michelle Romero McClatchy-Tribune News Service The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on voting


Will change of president change Iran?

Opinion: Is Iran about to change? Is there a chance that the conflict with the West over Iran’s nuclear


History of coal mines proves value of labor standards

Opinion: History of conditions in coal mines proves value of labor standards Divine Right Baer (George


It’s time for our state to give credit to its military veterans

Editorial: Kudos to Ohio Gov. John Kasich for his executive order this month that seeks to fairly compensate


Let first responders know what’s in fracking fluids

Opinion: Be open on fracking-fluid contents This fall legisla tors will vote on Ohio Senate Bill 17, The


US takes another step into morass of Mideast

Opinion: A generation ago, it took many years for most Americans to recognize that Vietnam was a bottomless


Diesels give best bang for buck

Opinion: By Allen R. SCHAEFFER McClatchy-Tribune News Service FREDERICK, Md. Are we there yet? With


Hybrids pave way for cleaner US

Opinion: By Michael E. KRAFT McClatchy-Tribune News Service GREEN BAY, Wis. Modern electric hybrid


Congress kicks the deficit can

Opinion: It almost seems like distant history now, but it was really just a few short months ago that


Mahoning leaders are correct to keep key agencies separate

Editorial: One year ago, we posed the following question in the midst of a reverse-discrimination lawsuit


Diesel Cruze gets rave reviews

Editorial: Pardon us if we’re not the least bit surprised that the Lordstown- produced Chevrolet Cruze Clean


Has private jitney service returned?

Opinion: If a publicly unidentified high-ranking officer in the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Department (we know


Education is the key

Opinion: By Ted Schmidt Special to The Vindicator Fundamental to the American experience is the belief


LETTERS || Linguists who love to hate ‘like’ fail to realize word can add clarity

Opinion: Linguists who love to hate ‘like’ fail to realize word can add clarity I am eager to dispel the


A road less traveled ...

Opinion: It’s odd how we can become prisoners to our patterns. I’m a prisoner to the I-680/U.S. 224