Editorials
R for regulations
Give the Ohio General Assembly credit: Every time you think state government can do no more to punish Ohio residents, they find a new way to kill jobs or restrict basic freedom. In the case of trying to eliminate the payday loan industry, state lawmakers...
A parent’s job
Social-networking Web site Facebook has agreed to work with public officials in 49 states and Washington, D.C., to erect more barriers against sexual predators and cyberbullies. MySpace, the largest such site, reached a similar agreement in January. Some...
A fresh start
Marc Dann was the last person to recognize he needed to step down as Ohio attorney general, but he finally - thankfully - called it quits. Quite simply, Ohio's top lawyer needs more trust than anyone could have in Dann. The first-term Democrat from Youngstown...
A dismal return
Perhaps Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner can come up with a more drastic scare. With the numbers getting worse for her pet cause, she'll need to justify the political award she received this week.Ohio counties using touch-screen voting spent at least...
Another look
Part of what fires up the immigration debate is the view, shared by many Americans, that new waves of immigrants are not assimilating as rapidly and completely as did previous waves of immigrants.The only problem with this theory is that it is wrong on...
Shifting blame
You expect Republicans and Democrats to blame each other for everything. But chalk one up to the Democrats in the Ohio House of Representatives: If Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann doesn't resign and the House doesn't move on impeachment, the Democrats...
Welcome news
The coalition of mostly Southern moderate to conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives that calls itself "Blue Dog" Democrats may be poised to do something constructive on spending. Although their protest is aimed more at an offshoot than...
Think, don't talk
If his frequent spoutings weren't so irrelevant, Lima Councilman Derry Glenn might have caused quite a stir with his most recent outburst. Forget for the moment about businesses marketing legal products as they see fit, the silliness of asking for jobs...
Looking ahead
Hillary Clinton lost big in North Carolina and barely squeaked by in Indiana. She may not be willing to concede yet, but it's obvious to almost everyone else that she is not going to be the Democratic nominee for president.That means it's time for us...
The inevitable
College presidents, directors of athletics and coaches seem united with the commissioners of the Bowl Championship Series conferences in opposition to a playoff system in major college football. They say they don't want to see the game professionalized.Got...
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