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Engineer’s office requires a top-to-bottom evaluation

Editorial: Mahoning County Engineer Richard Marsico has expressed “surprise and disappointment” at not


Don’t dampen American spirit

Opinion: Don’t dampen American spirit The Vindicator provid- ed a credible article Jan. 2 in “Quake fallout


Bullying bill attracts Rs and Ds

Opinion: COLUMBUS A bill to cut down on the amount of bullying in Ohio schools may be proof that Ohio


Iran’s nuclear power objective clear with underground plant

Editorial: The presence of about 100,000 American troops in the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater must serve to


Need a push to get fit?

Opinion: Rockford (Ill.) Register Star: Pat Quinn walked across Illinois in 2001 to promote access to


Medicare is under threat from ‘premium support’

Opinion: By Caroline Poplin McClatchy-Tribune In the proposed Medicare reform called “premium support,”


Who sets rules on fracking?

Opinion: Who sets rules on fracking? Denver Post: One area where we could see both parties come together in


Gains’ re-election is not guaranteed

Opinion: Seeking his fifth four-year term as Mahoning County prosecutor, Paul J. Gains is in the political


Police levy shows trustees’ error

Opinion: Police levy shows trustees’ error Austintown trustees are placing a replacement levy to fund


Can the US avoid global crisis in ’12?

Opinion: Every few years, the world grabs the United States by the lapels and shouts, “Pay attention!” Then,


Only time will tell who wins the $4 billion Race to the Top

Editorial: After the first year, a Washing- ton assessment of the $4.35 billion Race to the Top grant program


Bush 43 is not a factor

Opinion: By Wayne Slater Dallas Morning News NORTHFIELD, N.H. Here are words you hear a lot on the


GOP: Political party that can’t make up its mind

Opinion: By E. THOMAS McCLANAHAN McClatchy Newspapers Republicans love to invoke Ronald Reagan and for


Texas seeks activist justices

Opinion: Texas’ Republican leaders dislike the Voting Rights Act. No revelation there. Republicans also


Painful lessons lost from BP Deepwater Horizon tragedy

Opinion: By Richard G. STEINER Los Angeles Times As the 2010 Deepwater Horizon tragedy fades from public