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Disturbing images

Opinion: Disturbing images Columbus Dispatch: Among the most disturbing aspects of the recent Chillicothe


Let parents decide; it’s their money

Opinion: Let parents decide; it’s their money After reading your obvi- ously one-sided opinion on Oct. 4, I


Ohioans shun government overreach

Opinion: What lessons were learned from this election? I ask better questions than provide answers so bear


Editorial was wrong; science shows life begins at conception

Opinion: Editorial was wrong; science shows life begins at conception Two of your recent Opinion columns


Bottom 60 percent in U.S. are wealth deprived

Opinion: By Joyce Appleby Los Angeles Times We hear a great deal these days about the top 1 percent and


Big-college football is big business

Opinion: WASHINGTON A few millennia from now, when archaeologists from an ascendant Brazil or Turkey or


It’s about income brackets

Opinion: One of the things that has struck me, when I have gone on luxury cruise ships, is that most of the


Veterans: Seen and unseen

Opinion: By Dr. MARK W. HENDRICKSON Special to The Vindicator In economics, the first lesson I teach my


Academic recovery blueprint holds promise for Youngstown

Editorial: In Tuesday’s general election, Youngstown residents went for experience and enthusiasm in the


Iowa can’t stand still

Opinion: The Gazette, Cedar Rapids: Reinforcement of the call for education reform in Iowa arrived recently:


Repeal of SB 5 means there’s work to be done in Columbus

Editorial: During the long and varied de- bate leading up to Tuesday’s vote on state Issue 2, the referendum on


Herman Cain not the victim

Opinion: WASHINGTON Herman Cain, unwilling to defend himself on the merits against sexual harassment


GOP woke sleeping giant

Opinion: A funny thing happened to Republican Gov. John Kasich and his GOP allies on their way to a national


A bridge too far?

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Listening at last to his inner FDR, President Barack Obama is going


U.S. can’t afford addiction to foreign batteries

Opinion: By Ron MacDonald Special to The Vindicator The U.S. government’s commitment to supporting both