Editorials

A surprising and heartbreaking number of people have driven their cars accidentally into roadside ponds just recently. At least four drivers, three of them in Putnam County, have gone off roads and into ponds in the recent past. Two of those drivers...... Full story

When the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism released a report Sunday claiming that U.S. drone strikes have killed dozens of civilian rescuers and mourners in Pakistan, the American media scarcely noticed. Similarly, while other...... Full story

President Barack Obama's administration must react quickly and forcefully to the latest outrage from Cairo: the announcement that 19 American pro-democracy workers — part of a group of 43 in all — would be ordered to stand trial.By...... Full story

Just over a year ago, Egyptians mounted mass protests that forced the departure of longtime President Hosni Mubarak. It was a revolution to replace military dictatorship with democracy. But the revolution is in danger of being stillborn. The...... Full story

Tuesday's voting in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri certainly might be surprising to the pundits and party insiders who already had given the Republican nomination to Mitt Romney. But Rick Santorum's strong showing is good news, for the Republican...... Full story

No one can question Gov. John Kasich's belief in Ohio. Kasich spoke for 80 minutes Tuesday about the greatness of this state, its people and its products. But Kasich was delivering his second State of the State address, not a campaign speech, so he...... Full story

Washington state is promenading down a controversial aisle that's familiar to Californians after its Senate approved a bill last week legalizing same-sex marriage. The lower house and the governor are expected to approve the bill as well. But such...... Full story

Not long ago, General Electric became the emblem of corporate tax avoidance. The New York Times reported that in 2010, the company reaped $14.2 billion in profits worldwide, $5.1 billion coming from its American operations. And the federal taxes the...... Full story

President Barack Obama outlined a litany of proposals in his State of the Union address that he said would have a positive economic impact on the United States. His approaches would require substantial government spending, the commitment of taxpayer...... Full story

We're sure all the responsible owners of docile pit bulls are cheering their progress in the Ohio Legislature. But removing the label of vicious dogs from pit bulls is a mistake — and fortunately it's one that still can be corrected at the...... Full story

When President Barack Obama blocked approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico last month, he stalled thousands of U.S. jobs and strained U.S. relations with our neighbor to the north. He made a bad decision.But he...... Full story

Ohio knows as well as any place that, as the auto industry goes, so goes the economy. Right now, both are looking up.Honda delivered more good news Wednesday. The automaker with a heavy Ohio presence plans to spend $98 million on a new line at the...... Full story

To many liberals, the thing that distinguishes them from conservatives is that those on the right lack empathy. It's not a particularly fair criticism of an ideology more informed by a love of individualism and distrust of collective solutions to...... Full story

The Obama administration's 2013 defense budget outline is an attempt to accept current fiscal realities while avoiding the age-old mistake of planning to fight the last war.The president is right to prepare to defend American interests with a...... Full story

The Egyptian military was very comfortable with the dictatorship of President Hosni Mubarak, who ruled the country for 30 years before being forced out by mass protests last year. And though the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has assumed...... Full story