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If First Lady Melania Trump does not care, then who does?

Opinion: “I Really Don’t Care. Do U?” So First Lady Melania Trump advertised, in large letters on the back of


Congress working overtime to fight US opiate epidemic

Editorial: This U.S. Congress, like many before it, rightly deserves the snickers of a nation over its


Big Oil has man in foreign policy

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords The Koch brothers’ extremist political agenda of empowering


Politics fuels separation anxiety

Opinion: Need proof that the current controversy over children of undocumented immigrants is more political


Will Rogers’ wisdom is timely

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons Things are mighty heated these days. Tempers are flaring and minds


DeWine should join Kasich in opposing health-care suit

Editorial: Perhaps it’s because he will be leaving office in December, but Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican,


Separation of families shows that foreign policy needs better focus

Opinion: By Georgie Anne Geyer Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON To many shocked Americans, the


Boom times in Golden State

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons SAN FRANCISCO Welcome to the Hotel California. You can check out


Don’t celebrate just yet; TJX project not done deal

Editorial: Two prominently placed stories on the front page of Friday’s Vindicator, each with its epicenter in


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Vindy commentary, letters serving noble purpose

Opinion: Vindy commentary, letters serving noble purpose After we both had read last Sunday’s Vindicator,


GM cuts Lordstown crew but boosts plant in Mexico

Editorial: General Motors has added insult to the economic injury it is causing the Mahoning Valley with the


Dems in Niles under the gun

Opinion: As the 12 Democratic precinct committee members in Niles contemplate the extraordinarily important


Love, Lansingville

Opinion: The Lansingville neighborhood of Youngstown could go back to the farmland it once was, says Ken


Debates about immigration older than the United States of America

Opinion: By David M. SHRIBMAN Andrews McMeel Syndication Finally, after agonizing procedural wrangling


Support small farmers

Opinion: By Brian Wakamo OtherWords Summer: the season of barbecues, baseball games, and backyard fun.