Opinion and Editorial

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Dubious green jobs

Opinion: By David Kreutzer Heritage Foundation Green jobs or, as our president calls them, the “jobs of


Liberty’s model of efficiency

Editorial: Consolidation of Liberty Township’s 911 emergency phone service serves as a win-win-win


A classic retelling of the tale

Editorial: Perhaps no other single histori- cal event manages to reach across generations as does the sinking


Don’t compound a tragedy

Editorial: Don’t compound a tragedy The state of Pennsylvania has taken on a challenging and necessarily


Crossword fans — read this

Opinion: Betty Bannon admits she cheats. She’s obsessed with crossword puzzles, including The Vindicator’s


Politics rears its ugly head

Opinion: To understand just how difficult it will be to change the court system in Mahoning County below the


Who had right to stand ground?

Opinion: Who had right to stand ground? I have followed the Trayvon Martin case from the beginning to now.


US tax code must be reformed

Opinion: By Dean Garfield McClatchy-Tribune The recent trend of positive job numbers — while good — do


Don’t tinker with Ohio’s Statuary elections

Opinion: COLUMBUS I’m trying to figure out what lessons schoolchildren have learned from the process


An opening in Myanmar

Opinion: An opening in Myanmar Kansas City Star: The Obama administration has appropriately eased sanctions


Religion trumps reason

Opinion: By Lane Filler Newsday Lately I’ve been wishing I were Amish, and not just because I look so


Get executions back on track for Portage, Trumbull killers

Editorial: Two noteworthy developments this week in Connecticut and Ohio reinforce the highly contentious


Ryan plan hurts disabled in US

Opinion: By Mike Ervin McClatchy-Tribune The budget plan released by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul


Criminal charge brings some normalcy to the Martin case

Editorial: No case since O.J’s trial has so po- larized the nation along racial lines as that of George


Sad trip down memory lane

Opinion: Sad trip down memory lane I recently found myself Sit- ting in my car outside the former Packard