Opinion and Editorial

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Council’s meeting on Mooney’s future should have been open

Editorial: Youngstown lawmakers should study the 1982 ruling by the late Judge Forrest J. Cavalier before they


Inadequate response to blast

Opinion: The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. Va.: Everyone agrees that it’s a shame 29 miners lost their


A strategy on guns

Opinion: By Sen. PAT TOOMEY Philadelphia Inquirer Is there a way that we, as Americans, can improve our


National security imperative

Opinion: By Greg Brown McClatchy-Tribune WASHINGTON As Washington debates how to fix America’s broken


Marriage, guns trigger faulty thinking

Opinion: By David Adams Lexington Herald-Leader On protecting marriage, I’ve been a very active supporter


Take back the city with a yes vote

Opinion: Take back the city with a yes vote The citizens of Youngstown need to take back local control


Oil, gas severance tax hike in Ohio ill-advised

Opinion: By Thomas E. STEWART Special to The Vindicator In less than two years, Ohio’s emerging shale


Looking past the moon

Opinion: By James Lilliefors Baltimore Sun Last December, an American milestone passed virtually


Gentle, private persuasion

Opinion: WASHINGTON Before she became a reluctant lobbyist, involuntarily versed in arcane Senate


Keystone: Pipeline to environmental disaster

Opinion: By James Hansen Los Angeles Times In March, the State Department gave the president cover to


‘Central Park Five’ comes alive

Opinion: WASHINGTON From Tom Paine’s “Common Sense” to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to


Ohio House defies Kasich and logic in blocking new Medicaid

Editorial: The move by Ohio House Repub- licans to thwart Gov. John Kasich’s proposed expansion of Medicaid to


Separating church and state

Opinion: Separating church and state The Vindicator reported on March 30 that Mike DeWine, Ohio’s attorney


Gates’ warning on test scores

Opinion: Gates’ warning on test scores Los Angeles Times: A recent op-ed article in the Washington Post


Unfortunate vote, sad result

Editorial: Unfortunate vote, sad result Trying to find a light bulb made in the USA at a big-box store is