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From Vietnam to Oklahoma, poetry delivers us from tragedy

Opinion: BY CHRISTINE M. FLOWERS Philadelphia Daily News There are many kinds of desperation, as many as


Hollywood groundbreaking holds big payoffs for the Valley

Editorial: Heading into Thursday’s official and long awaited groundbreaking for the Hollywood Slots at Mahoning


Strategies to maintain a drug-free workplace

Opinion: By JAMES D. BURGHAM Special to The Vindicator We’ve seen the news stories. We’ve heard the


Heroism of WWII veterans never dies

Opinion: By Paul Kengor Special to The Vindicator Memorial Day is a wonderful constant. Every year, it


Apathy toward the Phantoms perplexes ‘puck-nut’ from Pa.

Opinion: Apathy toward the Phantoms perplexes ‘puck-nut’ from Pa. A recent article in the Pittsburgh


Heroin trial hits close to home

Opinion: (Editor’s note: I’ve been reading the Sheesley-Patterson heroin overdose case. It was a bit close to


Prayers in public offices

Opinion: Prayers in public offices Los Angeles Times: Ideally, governmental bodies would refrain from


Gosnell was a criminal and got what he deserved, but ...

Editorial: It would not have bothered us if Philadelphia physician Kermit Gosnell had gotten the death penalty.


Conflict, irony define Israel

Opinion: By Cathy Young Newsday When I was leaving Israel last Thursday, after a weeklong trip with a


Pot to fraud: Nuggets of news from Statehouse

Opinion: COLUMBUS Another medical marijuana initiative has been cleared for petition activity, paving the


Scrap thieves show again what a scourge on society they are

Editorial: Scrap thieves are certainly among the dimmest lights in the pantheon of petty crooks. We have


Obama is drifting

Opinion: By Clarence Lusane McClatchy-Tribune President Obama is betraying his own promises and his


Two sides of President Obama

Opinion: President Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta,


Equality for military families

Opinion: By Maj. GEN. DENNIS LAICH Special to The Vindicator When our senator, Rob Portman, took a stand


IRS scandal fails to dent Obama’s standing

Opinion: For more than two years, GOP lawmakers have sought — and failed — to find a scandal to take down the