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100 years old and counting

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median age – the age at


ODOT’s edict on speed cameras has local communities in a bind

Opinion: The state seems to be doing everything in its power to stop communities from using speed cameras.


Valley plays a key role in charting innovative growth

Editorial: Let’s face it. Despite some noteworthy gains in recent years, Ohio continues to play a losing game


Collateral damage rising with trade aggressions, retaliations

Opinion: WASHINGTON If you are not collateral damage in the escalating trade wars, the bulletins from the


Gov. Kasich, Democrats on same page as to Medicaid

Editorial: The Ohio Democratic Party is circulating a video clip of Chairman David Pepper and others


This land is our land

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords The Trump administration accidentally released documents showing


If you are poor, you eat poorly

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords I thought I would write about food stamps and farmers markets.


Putin’s tight grip on Trump was evident during Helsinki summit

Opinion: By Gene Lyons Andrews McMeel Syndication It’s almost proverbial to say that every bully is a


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Firm up support for TJX as special election nears

Editorial: The little village of Lordstown has long flexed a disproportionately large share of the industrial muscle of the Mahoning Valley.


What’s in a nose scratch?

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons Nonverbal cues ain’t what they used to be. Once upon a time


Many more Americans killed by illegal immigrants than by Russia

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication I don’t know what President Donald Trump said during


Pope Francis must punish prominent church leader

Editorial: Once again the Roman Catholic Church is being roiled by a sexual-abuse scandal involving a


Why is Trump attacking Europe?

Opinion: By John Feffer OtherWords Donald Trump didn’t fly to Europe to meet with NATO, European leaders,


Just say no to ICE

Opinion: By Chia-Chia Wang OtherWords In the early hours of a winter day in 2017, “Laura” – a Montclair,


Future of GM Lordstown complex will be top issue in contract talks

Opinion: By Tim O’Hara Special to The Vindicator June 22 was not a bright summer day for many area