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Super storm shows power of nature; man’s ability to respond

Editorial: The raw power of super storm Sandy was on full display Monday and Tuesday along the East Coast,


Battle for veterans’ votes

Opinion: By Linda J. BILMES Los Angeles Times Veterans could play a key role in deciding whether Mitt


Obama ‘cooling out’ voters

Opinion: Confidence men know that their victim — ”the mark” as he has been called — is eventually going to


Lame-duck path to a bargain?

Opinion: WASHINGTON Betting on Congress to do something — anything — is, as Samuel Johnson said of second


Ohio most likely to tip the balance

Opinion: If there’s a ground zero in this presidential campaign, it might just be the parking lot of a


Concealed carry message

Editorial: Rock Island (Ill.) Argus: Even if voters in Rock Island and Henry County say “yes” adamantly and


Future of the Covelli Centre will not have city’s safety net

Editorial: Unless Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone and other advocates of separating the Covelli Centre from


We must be heard

Opinion: By Kathleen Dragoman and Michele L. SIMONELLI Special to The Vindicator The politicians have


Garbage levy sounds like a deal

Opinion: Garbage levy sounds like a deal I read with great concern Gi- rard residents are voting on a


Obama plans to reach out to GOP

Opinion: Here’s are excerpts from my seventh interview with President Barack Obama, this one Friday in the


Debt will strangle our descendants

Opinion: WASHINGTON The election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that


City faces challenges in filling openings on police department

Editorial: It will be no surprise if the cap of 400 applicants for testing for jobs on the Youngstown Police


A matter of trust

Opinion: A matter of trust Sacramento Bee: Mitt Romney has taken flip-flopping to new extremes. It’s not


Youngstowners lose chance to vote

Opinion: Youngstowners lose chance to vote I am writing in hope of rais- ing residents’ awareness of areas


One thing I have decided: 2-president event will be cool

Opinion: Four years ago, when Ohio was in the crosshairs of McCain vs. Obama, there was an event here in town