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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Vindy.com stories: Opinion</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/kindle/opinion/</link><description>Vindy.com stories: Opinion</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright Vindy.com 2013. RSS use policy: www.vindy.com/about/use_policy/#rss</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>Scrap thieves show again what a scourge on society they are
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/scrap-thieves-show-again-what-a-scourge-/</link><description>Scrap thieves are certainly among  the dimmest lights in the pantheon of petty crooks.    We have</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/scrap-thieves-show-again-what-a-scourge-/</guid></item><item><title>Obama is drifting
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/obama-is-drifting/</link><description>By Clarence Lusane    McClatchy-Tribune   President Obama is betraying his own promises and his</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/obama-is-drifting/</guid></item><item><title>Two sides of President Obama
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/two-sides-of-president-obama/</link><description>President Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta,</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/two-sides-of-president-obama/</guid></item><item><title>Equality for military families
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/equality-for-military-families/</link><description>By Maj. GEN. DENNIS LAICH   Special to The Vindicator    When our senator, Rob Portman, took a stand</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/equality-for-military-families/</guid></item><item><title>IRS scandal fails to dent Obama&amp;#8217;s standing
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/irs-scandal-fails-to-dent-obamas-standin/</link><description>For more than two years, GOP lawmakers have sought &amp;#8212; and failed &amp;#8212; to find a scandal to take down the</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/irs-scandal-fails-to-dent-obamas-standin/</guid></item><item><title>Oklahoma teachers turn heroes
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/oklahoma-teachers-turn-heroes/</link><description>Oklahoma teachers turn heroes   Dallas Morning News: The tornado warnings came just as school was</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/oklahoma-teachers-turn-heroes/</guid></item><item><title>Even a narrow victory can shrink
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/even-a-narrow-victory-can-shrink/</link><description>The close Democratic primary for Youngstown mayor got even closer when all of the votes were</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/even-a-narrow-victory-can-shrink/</guid></item><item><title>YEARS AGO
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/today-is-friday-may--the-th-day-of--ther/</link><description>Today is Friday, May 24, the 144th day of 2013. There are 221 days left in the year.    Associated</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/24/today-is-friday-may--the-th-day-of--ther/</guid></item><item><title>Homeless criminals
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/homeless-criminals/</link><description>By Jim Hightower   OtherWords   Whenever one of our cities gets a star turn as host of some super-</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/homeless-criminals/</guid></item><item><title>YEARS AGO
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/today-is-thursday-may--the-rd-day-of--th/</link><description>Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.    ASSOCIATED</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/today-is-thursday-may--the-rd-day-of--th/</guid></item><item><title>Tornadoes have an eerie, evil sound
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/tornadoes-have-an-eerie-evil-sound/</link><description>By John Kass   Chicago Tribune   Does a killer tornado really sound like a freight train?   &amp;#8220;I don&amp;#8217;t</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/tornadoes-have-an-eerie-evil-sound/</guid></item><item><title>Ohio Senate must no longer stonewall Nitro&amp;#8217;s Law
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/ohio-senate-must-no-longer-stonewall-nit/</link><description>&amp;#8220;No person shall knowingly torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison,</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/ohio-senate-must-no-longer-stonewall-nit/</guid></item><item><title>NLRB&amp;#8217;s school-door stand
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/nlrbs-school-door-stand/</link><description>WASHINGTON   Early in an opinion issued recently by a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/nlrbs-school-door-stand/</guid></item><item><title>Banks still want bailouts
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/banks-still-want-bailouts/</link><description>Banks still want bailouts   Philadelphia Inquirer: The nation&amp;#8217;s biggest banks are waging an</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/banks-still-want-bailouts/</guid></item><item><title>Pessimism continues to grow
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/pessimism-continues-to-grow/</link><description>By Peter Goldmark   Newsday   A recent survey indicates that the American middle class has become</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/pessimism-continues-to-grow/</guid></item><item><title>Learning a &amp;#8216;Triangle&amp;#8217; lesson
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/learning-a-triangle-lesson/</link><description>By Richard Greenwald  and Michael Hirsch   Los Angeles Times   The deaths of more than 600 garment</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/23/learning-a-triangle-lesson/</guid></item><item><title>The case of the patented genes
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/22/the-case-of-the-patented-genes/</link><description>WASHINGTON   Angelina Jolie&amp;#8217;s genes threatened to kill her. But, for the time being anyway, she</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/22/the-case-of-the-patented-genes/</guid></item><item><title>Once again, tragedy from afar strikes a chord close to home
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/22/once-again-tragedy-from-afar-strikes-a-c/</link><description>It has been nearly 28 years since a  killer tornado swept through the Mahoning and Shenango valleys,</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/22/once-again-tragedy-from-afar-strikes-a-c/</guid></item><item><title>Justice demands more
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/22/justice-demands-more/</link><description>Justice demands more    Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. Va.: The administration of justice sometimes</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/22/justice-demands-more/</guid></item><item><title>Tyranny is no longer &amp;#8216;lurking&amp;#8217;
</title><link>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/22/tyranny-is-no-longer-lurking/</link><description>Given last week&amp;#8217;s revelation that the IRS targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status,</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/22/tyranny-is-no-longer-lurking/</guid></item></channel></rss>