Opinion and Editorial

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Will change come with bin Laden’s death?

Opinion: Will the killing of Osama bin Laden really be “a game-changer” in the Afghan war? Defense


Editorial was far off track

Opinion: Editorial was far off track The temerity on display at times at The Vindicator is striking.


When a barrel of oil goes up, so does gasoline, but not vice versa

Opinion: When a barrel of oil goes up, so does gasoline, but not vice versa I noticed the other day that


Good citizenship starts early

Opinion: Good citizenship starts early Toledo Blade: “Pathetic.” That’s what former U.S. Supreme Court


Did ‘Minow’ ground on a vast wasteland or uncharted isle?

Opinion: TV trivia: What’s the dumbest show in television history?


Tainted officials should be removed from public payroll

Editorial: We say it every time a public of- ficial is indicted, and far too seldom does the message resonate:


Higher taxes = lower receipts

Opinion: We could definitely use another Abraham Lincoln to emancipate us all from being slaves to words. In


Climate change and flood connection

Opinion: By Bill McKibben Los Angeles Times At a place called Bird’s Point, just below the confluence of


Chinese investors are coming

Opinion: It’s no secret that China’s trade with the Americas has soared in recent years, but we are likely to


End school-to-prison policies

Opinion: By Annette Fuentes McClatchy-Tribune It’s almost cap-and-gown time for seniors at high schools


OH WOW! Children’s center in downtown Youngstown plays many important roles

Editorial: Organizers of the new state-of- the-art children’s center for science and technology chose a


A change in policy

Opinion: By Bill Fletcher Jr. McClatchy-Tribune The killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden provides


Obama’s stance hurts business

Opinion: NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. This summer, the huge Boeing assembly plant here will begin producing 787


Obama’s poll bounce is temporary

Opinion: By Dick Polman The Philadelphia Inquirer Anyone who thinks that Barack Obama is home free in


Government Watch teaches lessons that some in Valley choose to ignore

Opinion: My Friday morning coffee stop came with a chance encounter with a Poland neighbor. He thanked us for