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Don’t ignore positives of public pension funds

Opinion: The positives of public pensions As a local educator, it is dis- turbing to witness the obvious


Let’s curb ‘a menace to society;’ Ban texting at the wheel in Ohio

Editorial: Texting kills. That stark and chilling headline screamed out at readers from the front page of


Statehouse potpourri

Opinion: COLUMBUS Two more tidbits from the Ohio Chamber of Commerce’s endorsement last week of Republican


Politicians get no respect

Opinion: I’m kind of a packrat. (And there are those who would edit “kind of” from that sentence.) So when


U.N. should not suffer fools like Ahmadinejad so gladly

Editorial: The shame of the United Nations is not that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was able to take


More substance needed

Opinion: More substance needed Lima News: Neither candidate delivered a knockout punch. Last Tuesday’s


GOP pledges to end abortion funding

Opinion: By Charles A. DONOVAN Heritage Foundation House Republicans’ new “Pledge to America” has met


The gospel according to Becky

Opinion: Becky Benson, 56, traveled (to the Glenn Beck rally) from Orlando, Fla., because, she said, “we


Beware of new drilling methods

Opinion: Beware of new drilling methods Natural-gas drilling opera- tors have been aggressively pursuing


Using some bits, leaving out pieces

Opinion: The campaign of Chief Justice Eric Brown of the Ohio Supreme Court isn’t telling the whole story.


Wal-Mart women feel for plight of president

Opinion: The Wal-Mart Moms were pessimistic, bordering on despondent, about the state of the country. Like,


Is Pelosi concerned for her troops?

Opinion: By Jim Boren Fresno Bee I’m getting the idea that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is making


Penny-wise on jailing criminals

Opinion: For more than 200 years, the political left has been coming up with reasons why criminals should not


Margaret G. K. Dennison: A powerhouse public leader

Editorial: In death, as in her remarkable life of leadership, advocacy and public service, Margaret Gillmer


Two disturbing conversations

Opinion: Two disturbing conversations After having overheard two conversations recently, I am more