Opinion and Editorial

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Inspiring chat with the bishop

Opinion: Looking back over a decade of Vindicator editorials reveals a pattern that does not exactly comport


What’s happening at YSU?

Opinion: In the past 45 years, a lot has happened to the financial base of YSU — but mostly it has shifted


A great way to travel

Opinion: A great way to travel Recently I was at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport when my sister


Reality of Iraq applies to Syria

Opinion: The recent 10th anniversary of the United States attack on Iraq has prompted a predictable range of


Plans for Mill Creek Park will preserve Valley gem for generations to come

Editorial: For 122 years, Mill Creek MetroParks has shined as one of the Mahoning Valley’s most brilliant


A date with the executioner

Opinion: COLUMBUS Steven T. Smith has been sitting on Ohio’s death row for more than a dozen years,


Mighty RoboCats of Girard interface technology, victory

Editorial: Few can blame Judy Barber, coach of the award-winning Girard High School Robotics team, if they


Congress fails to perform; hasn’t earned break

Opinion: By Nick Troiano Los Angeles Times With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt,


No place for scare tactics

Opinion: By Carlos Uresti and Jose Rodriguez McClatchy-Tribune U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, recently


Prospects of unified Iraq grow dim

Opinion: By Henri J. BARKEY Los Angeles Times Iraq is on its way to dissolution, and the United States is


Support nurse practitioners

Opinion: Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader: It’s puzzling that a state Senate that two years ago fell over itself


Better days for the Mahoning

Opinion: Better days for the Mahoning As an advocate of our river, Friends of the Mahoning River would


Hope springs eternal for Democrats

Opinion: The crowd appeared enthusiastic, giving the likely 2014 Democratic statewide executive-branch ticket


Time is ripe for consolidation of city and county 911 systems

Editorial: Last fall, we urged Mayor Charles Sammarone to be aggressive in implementing the recommendations of


Obama’s unethical end run

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Back in 2010, President Obama declared: “I don’t think American