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Private prison in Youngstown isn’t being asked for the moon

Editorial: Remember when the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center on Youngs-town’s North Side was being


Storm clouds are gathering

Opinion: As the November elections approach, one question jumps to mind: Why does anyone want to be


Taking a brave stand

Opinion: Star Tribune, Minneapolis: It isn’t much of a shocker that most of Minnesota’s liberal Lutheran


A check on regulatory state

Opinion: All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress ... The Constitution,


Reserve sacred honors for heroes

Opinion: Reserve sacred honors for heroes As A veteran I saw and expe- rienced a humiliation and disregard


Nature fights back

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Rather than find ways to cooperate with the natural world, America’s


Ohio Supreme Court settles bar fight over smoking ban

Editorial: That relatively small minority of taverns and restaurants that gambled that Ohio’s five-year-old


Are we a ‘noodge’ nation?

Opinion: WASHINGTON Judging the wisdom of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on super-size sugary sodas


Remember the significance of D-Day

Opinion: By Marvin Folkertsma Special to The Vindicator At 0227 hours on the morning of June 6, 1944, Lt.


A tame response to Syria

Opinion: Latin America’s response to the massacre of more than 100 civilians, including 49 children and 34


A flawless space mission

Opinion: A flawless space mission Chicago Tribune: The latest mission of an American spacecraft to the


Don’t wait for another accident

Opinion: Don’t wait for another accident I am a frequent visitor to the Boardman YMCA on McClurg Road. On a


Saving ‘Whiskey Row’

Opinion: The (Louisville) Courier-Journal: Preservationists often lament the destruction of historic


Changes at elections board necessary and long overdue

Editorial: When a public entity imple- ments changes to its operation that are far removed from the status quo,


Lesson learned from parents

Opinion: WASHINGTON You have to wonder what George and Lenore Romney would have made of their son the