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There are scarier things than socialists DEAR EDITOR: A recent screed in The Vindicator op/eds surprised me for its lengthy attempt to tar Democrats as socialists and communists based on elected and nominated officials. The writer could have had an easier job of it by reviewing the “accomplishments” of the Trump administration and its collaborators in Congress. The writer’s anxiety over “… 250 elected offices …” held by what he deems are socialists is less scary when you realize there are more than 500,000 elected officials holding office, so about .0005% of elected ...

Praising God for another trip around the sun

Editorials

As my high school and college classmates and I have gotten older, I have noticed that when birthday shoutouts go out on Facebook, many say they thank God for “another trip around the sun.” This wasn’t a saying that I grew up hearing, but it definitely has special meaning now in the middle years of middle age. When I posted my birthday selfie on Facebook in August, thanking friends for their “warm and loving” well wishes, I got comments saying how beautiful and amazing I looked, which made me giggle a bit since I was rocking my Ohio State gear and hyping the upcoming college ...

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It’s funny how our current regime is busy buying up shares of big companies. That’s SOCIALISM! LOL! How ironic and revealing to anyone with half a brain. And it’s funny how our current leader falsely curses Democrats as Communists when he, himself, embraces pure Communist dictators Putin and Kim Jong Un. Ha ha, again, very funny. Wake up, America! I’m addressing YOU out there, at least, who’re left with an HONEST semi-lucid, intelligent brain. OMG! I’ll repeat, WAKE UP AMERICA! — Boardman A recent Vindy article asks that we restore the death penalty. Of the 8,500 death ...

Harry and Meghan. Who are these people?

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It was a day of deep thinking and heroic typing, my brain so fried I could hardly call out for pizza. Then the news and social media feeds exploded with reports that Harry and Meghan plan to leave California and move back to England. What was that to me? I don’t care that the royals moved away or believe in royal anything except perhaps Royal Crown Cola. Most media, not me, insist on referring to Harry and his sitcom actress wife, Meghan Markle, as “Duke and Duchess of Sussex.” Their two children carry the official royal titles of prince and princess. And to think their ...

Orchids & onions

Editorials

ORCHID: To the Mahoning County Board of Elections for its fiscally responsible plans to reduce the number of voting precincts in the county. Tom McCabe, board director, said last week the decision results from difficulties in recruiting sufficient numbers of poll workers for each of the county’s 212 precincts. It also comes at a time when more and more voters are casting ballots early, lessening the strain on precincts on general or primary election days. The county also has the dubious distinction of having the lowest number of voters per precinct among counties of similar size. The ...

American labor savors successes, faces challenges

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On this weekend of the national holiday dedicated to the brains and brawn of the American worker, let’s take the pulse of our 170-million-strong U.S. labor force. More and more Americans are actively participating in the labor market. The most recent unemployment rates from July 2026 show only 4.1% of U.S. citizens are unemployed and even fewer Ohioans (3.4%) are out of work. Those percentages have dropped precipitously in recent years with Ohio’s rebounding economy reportedly adding 55,000 jobs this July alone. In addition, more and more of us are producing goods and ...