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Emotional and physical abuse brought into the light in Cleveland
BY MARILOU JOHANEK BLADE COLUMNIST
The decade-long brutality endured by three Cleveland women behind boarded-up doors and windows is a secret no more. …

5/16/2013 7:49 PM
Minority party controls Michigan’s legislature
BY JACK LESSENBERRY THE BLADE’S OMBUDSMAN
LANSING — Once upon a time, legislators felt they had to try to give voters the laws they wanted. True, once in a great while, some took stands on principle that risked angering their constituents. …

5/13/2013 12:00 AM
An honored friend in Arkansas
S. AMJAD HUSSAIN BLADE COLUMNIST
LITTLE ROCK — I went to Arkansas this month to see a friend who was to be honored and to visit a new museum that has a Toledo connection. …

5/11/2013 9:51 PM
Ohio courts shouldn’t bring back debtors’ prisons
BY JEFF GERRITT DEPUTY EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR OF THE BLADE.
You probably won’t feel sorry for Jack Dawley of Norwalk — and he doesn’t want you to. …

5/12/2013 12:18 AM
Son of Cleveland suspect is part of bizarre story
BY JACK LESSENBERRY BLADE OMBUDSMAN
Douglas Neckers, a distinguished professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University, wasn’t happy with a story in The Blade about the son of accused Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro. …

5/11/2013 9:47 PM
Toledo, spare those trees
KEITH C. BURRIS ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE BLADE
Remember the Dr. Seuss story about the Lorax, who spoke for the trees? …

5/10/2013 7:06 PM
Dems struggle making laws in Rep Ohio
Marilou Johanek
“It's not that easy being green.

5/9/2013 8:17 PM
Ex-teacher, lawmaker aims to improve Detroit schools
BY JACK LESSENBERRY BLADE COLUMNIST
DETROIT — Ellen Cogen Lipton didn’t get a lot of notice during her first two terms in the Michigan Legislature. She was small, soft-spoken, and competent. She was a reliably liberal vote from the solidly Democratic Detroit suburb of Huntington Woods, a town of restored older homes inhabited largely by professors, attorneys, and young professionals. …

5/6/2013 12:00 AM
Bright future awaits Clay students
BY TOM WALTON BLADE COLUMNIST
A comedian once joked that he was a peripheral visionary. He could see into the future, he said, but only off to one side. I saw the future head-on recently, and I felt a lot better about it. …

5/5/2013 9:16 AM
Gangs in Toledo
KEITH C. BURRIS ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE BLADE
Toledoans are talking, and thinking, about The Blade’s gang series — Battle lines: Gangs of Toledo. It’s a stunning accomplishment. The sheer amount of work — writing, filming, and legwork — done by Taylor Dungjen and Amy E. Voigt, as well as by the Blade’s newsroom editors and art staff knocks me out. What a commitment — to serious journalism …