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An acceptable voter purge from Ohio’s election chief

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: That’s not a Christmas card tens of thousands of lax voters are about to receive


Veterans built the middle class

Opinion: By Kevin Basl OtherWords We thank labor unions for the eight-hour work day, pensions, the


Trump’s climate-change policy fuels environmental vandalism

Opinion: WASHINGTON Climate change is happening “primarily as a result of human activities” and its


Trump’s ‘America First’ posture evident at G-20

Editorial: President Donald J. Trump has made no secret of his disdain for a world order that has the United


Making the most out of The Vindicator

Opinion: Making the most out of The Vindicator


President Trump’s great wall becomes Trump’s great stall

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication For those of us who were ecstatic the night Donald


More states going to pot

Opinion: By Paul Armentano OtherWords Marijuana legalization was among the big winners in this year’s


George H.W. Bush stood in stark contrast to Trump

Editorial: New York Times: Historians will measure the presidency of George H.W. Bush in familiar ways – by


A lesson from Lordstown

Editorial: Columbus Dispatch: Whatever happened to the solid nugget of common sense: “Actions speak louder than


Supreme Court justices jump to unanimity on the frog case

Opinion: WASHINGTON Unanimity is elusive in today’s America but the Supreme Court achieved it last week.


GM shareholder decries idling of Lordstown plant

Opinion: GM shareholder decries idling of Lordstown plant I have been an individ- ual shareholder in


GM’s decision to mothball Lordstown plant foreseen

Editorial: No one in the Mahoning Valley should have been surprised by General Motors’ announcement Monday


GM to Trump: Drop dead*

Opinion: (*The headline is a play on the iconic New York Daily News front-page headline published Oct. 29,


2 Valley natives making impact in politics

Opinion: Erica Crawley is a new Ohio House representative, and Rochelle Robinson is mayor of Georgia city.


Cutting the cost of health care

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons As physicals go, it was the most thorough I’d ever gotten. My