Opinion and Editorial

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Crisis presents an ‘opportunity’

Editorial: Crisis presents an ‘opportunity’ All across the state, local com- munities were getting bad news


I used to love ODNR

Opinion: There’s been another earthquake update from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: The agency


The good, the bad, the ugly

Opinion: Youngstown City Prosecutor Jay Macejko insists he has no ties whatsoever to members of the Cafaro


Police are transforming

Opinion: By John W. WHITEHEAD Special to The Vindicator Take a close look at your local police officers,


Pressure on pension funds

Opinion: COLUMBUS Remember that brouhaha a few years back about how public funds shouldn’t be invested in


Elder care abuse is growing

Opinion: Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W.Va.: As we all know, advances in medicine have meant dramatic changes


Evangelical leaders go beyond the Scriptures

Opinion: A group of conservative evangelical leaders met in Texas last weekend and endorsed a Roman Catholic


U.N. should not let Russia prolong the unrest in Syria

Editorial: Almost a year has passed since Syrians, inspired by popular uprisings in several Arab countries,


Occupy is a shadow of Solidarity

Opinion: Occupy is a shadow of Solidarity It seems that the idealistic, gestural politics of the Occupy


Wellington errs in moving to eliminate video arraignments

Editorial: There shouldn’t be fewer video arraignments, there should be more. More courts should be


Running for office is tough

Opinion: After failing to win the Mahoning County Democratic Party’s endorsement, four candidates in three


Case of diminishing returns

Opinion: WASHINGTON How did a campaign as well run as Mitt Romney’s so badly botch the issue of his tax


Court backs religious freedom

Opinion: Court backs religious freedom Chicago Tribune: In a case involving a teacher fired by an


US Chamber wants to burn America’s future

Opinion: By Bill McKibben Los Angeles Times At the turn of the last century, Time magazine published a


Fracking is not safe

Opinion: Add yet another new concern to the growing list of reasons to oppose hydraudlic fracturing, the natural-gas extraction process known as “fracking”: Earthquakes.