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Editorials

Ohio BWC among best in America

Ohioans expect state government to do all in its power to leave as much of their hard-earned money in individuals’ and businesses’ pockets as possible. At least one agency — the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation — continues to be recognized for its efforts to do so. In its ...

The Zohran Mamdani revolution

They did it. They finally did it. Those maniacs. They blew it up. As New Yorkers walk dazed through the streets of the world’s greatest city, seeking perhaps the half-buried Statue of Liberty lying beneath the silent sands of a deserted beach in the Forbidden Zone, one thing has become ...

RFK Jr. is a threat to American health

Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Republican from Louisiana, is also a doctor. He put up resistance last February to Donald Trump’s choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “Bobby,” as Trump likes to call him, has long cast doubts on the safety of vaccines ...

Orchids and onions

ORCHID: To Youngstown City Council for unanimously authorizing $120,000 for a thorough state audit of the city’s safety forces after unacceptably high rates of overtime pay in the police department was reported by this newspaper. Earlier this year, The Vindicator reported 15 city officers ...

Youngstown Playhouse, take a bow

Now that the final curtain has fallen on the Youngstown Playhouse’s historic centennial season, it’s time to shine a spotlight on one of its signature qualities that has well withstood the test of time: resilience. Throughout its history, the granddaddy of community theater in the ...

We are a country in crisis

When I read the shocking news of the assassinations of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, along with the attempted murders of state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, it felt like watching a tragic political thriller unfold in real time. The Hoffmans miraculously ...