4/29/2013 12:00 AM
An eye-opener of Ozlike proportions
BY S. AMJAD HUSSAIN BLADE COLUMNIST
A speaking engagement recently took me to the northeast corner of Kansas. It is the area where the perfect geometric rectangle of Kansas is bitten off by Missouri. That geometric anomaly is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the region and is centered on the twin cities of Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. …

4/28/2013 2:44 AM
Ohio shouldn’t gamble on private prisons
BY JEFF GERRITT BLADE COLUMNIST
Gov. John Kasich and state legislators should back off efforts to expand privately owned or operated prisons in Ohio. They just don’t work. …

4/28/2013 2:42 AM
Just a guy from Ohio — and glad of it
BY KEITH C. BURRIS BLADE COLUMNIST
Some years ago, when my daughter was a teenager and in full-blown teen rebellion, we had a huge argument. That wasn’t rare at the time. But she ended it with these words: “Why should I listen to you, Dad, you’re just a Catholic from Ohio.” …

4/26/2013 9:00 PM
Dad, daughter at marathon relieved
BY MARILOU JOHANEK BLADE COLUMNIST
Twelve years ago, my husband called me with a terse imperative: Turn on the TV. Planes were flying into the Twin Towers in New York. …

4/25/2013 11:04 PM
Snyder low on fuel, but Dems empty
BY JACK LESSENBERRY BLADE COLUMNIST
DETROIT — Nobody is saying this yet, but could it be that the political juggernaut called Rick Snyder is running out of gas? …

4/23/2013 7:41 PM
Social Security must be made more sustainable
BY DAVID SHRIBMAN PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE EDITOR
Can it be that Democrats are succumbing to the same sorts of intra-party tensions that have bedevilled Republicans since last November’s election? …

4/22/2013 12:00 AM
Hinkles collect all things baseball
BY TOM WALTON BLADE COLUMNIST
If you collect autographed baseballs by the dozen, which I do, you might think you’re hot stuff in the collectibles field. Not me. I’m bush league compared to Lowell and Shirley Hinkle. They’ve got a couple thousand of them. …