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Opinion | Our Voice | Columns Todd Franko Bertram de Souza David Skolnick Ernie Brown | Letters


Anti-execution campaign shouldn't sway Strickland

Editorial: A relatively small group of opponents to Ohio's death penalty is attempting to circumvent state law


Ohio lottery failing to make grade on earnings, profits

Editorial: A top-to-bottom review of the Ohio lottery shows an 81.4 million decrease in transfers to the


An American icon unveiled

Editorial: There are a number of ways to make your first acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln at the Butler


Bipartisanship essential to solve school funding

Editorial: An Ohio General Assembly analysis of a proposed constitutional amendment to address the inequities


Time will tell if U.S. gambit worked in North Korean talks

Editorial: When President Bush refused to enter into bilateral talks with North Korea, critics accused him of


Springfield fire chief's boast demands trustees' response

Editorial: When a fire chief is accused of engineering a false 911 call to cover up a prearranged fire, the


New reaction to old problem of a growing trade defict

Editorial: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, a liberal northeastern Ohio Democrat, has joined with Duncan Hunter, a


Putin's criticism of U.S. is reality check for Bush

Editorial: If President Bush needed a jolt to reassess his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin,


Checks and balances are returning to Washington

Editorial: The beauty of the checks and balances that the founders built into our constitutional form of


As Tod goes, so goes ...?

Editorial: Last July, a gracious letter appeared on this page from James A. Mumford, administrator of Tod


Global needs to re-evaluate profit projections for arena

Editorial: Each time Global Entertainment Corp. fails to meet its profit projections for the Chevrolet Centre


Major battles are looming this spring in Afghanistan

Editorial: Last Sunday, NATO-led troops dropped leaflets on a southern Afghan town overrun by Taliban


Voters send message to school officials about taxes

Editorial: One reading -- and probably the most accurate reading -- of Tuesday's special election results


African nation's anti-white campaign is a smokescreen

Editorial: Sixteen months ago, 4 million citizens of the southern African nation of Zimbabwe were in urgent


We'll take more police any way we can get 'em

Editorial: A couple of years ago, we suggested that then-Mayor George M. McKelvey use the connection he had