Opinion and Editorial

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Republicans should focus on political reality

Opinion: Listening to some establishment Republicans grousing about the field of GOP presidential candidates


Americas to become energy Mecca

Opinion: The turmoil for reform sweeping most Middle Eastern oil producers is grabbing big headlines today,


Expansion of school vouchers in Ohio fails on many fronts

Editorial: Just as many public school districts in the Mahoning Valley and throughout Ohio are vigilantly


Give poor a break

Opinion: By Brian Gilmore McClatchy-Tribune Our state and federal governments should be boosting programs


Move to create clean-energy jobs now

Opinion: By Eric Rebhan Special to The Vindicator When you look out on the floor of our manufacturing


Older but not always wiser

Opinion: Older but not always wiser Toledo Blade: More than 4,000 teenagers die each year in automobile


Jobs plan should target N. America

Opinion: By Robert A. PASTOR Los Angeles Times Washington focuses on the urgent and has little time for


Prosecutor must do his job; make adjustments when money is tight

Opinion: Prosecutor must do his job; make adjustments when money is tight Prosecutor Paul Gains seems to


Health reform needed, stat

Opinion: Health reform needed, stat Kansas City Star: Unemployment hovers above 9 percent. Home values


Sick pay is an employee benefit; it shouldn’t become a cash cow

Editorial: We should be immune to it by now, we suppose. But our sensibilities are still shocked every time


American governance is distorted

Opinion: Obama Gives States a Voice In ‘No Child’ — New York Times, Sept. 24 WASHINGTON Many


Better place to live

Opinion: Heads of state speaking at the United Nations last week painted a bleak picture of the world’s


Pity the ‘super committee’

Opinion: Pity the poor “super committee.” Congress’ special task force on the deficit already had a mission


Defense cuts could be expensive

Opinion: Defense cuts could be expensive Regarding George F. Will’s Sept. 19 column, “Specter of a


A big business decision

Opinion: V&M Star is expanding next year, and it will have an impact on hundreds of Valley lives. General