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Published 15 hours ago
Maumee Dearest: 5/22
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Published 22 hours ago
Poverty in the suburbs
Editorials
The United States is no longer a nation of farms or singular cities and suburbs, but one of interconnected metropolitan regions that cross city, county, and even state lines. Urban areas such as northwest Ohio share problems that will take a coordinated, regional response to fix. …

Published 22 hours ago
Shaking up the IRS
GUEST EDITORIAL
Daniel Werfel, whom President Obama has tapped to lead the Internal Revenue Service, has a record of shaking up stolid federal bureaucracies. When he gets to the IRS, he shouldn’t hold back. …

Published 22 hours ago
Dam the delays
Editorials
In an age when many members of Congress don’t want to spend more money on anything, it is big news that the Senate has passed a bill that would invest in the crumbling infrastructure of locks and dams vital to river transportation. …

Published 22 hours ago
Boy Scouts fine just as they are
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Boy Scouts of America are deliberating a change in national policy (“Boy Scouts proposing to lift gay ban for youth,” April 19). The proposition is that youths who identify themselves as gay should be openly accepted as Boy Scouts. …

5/21/2013 12:24 AM
Kirk--Scandal excused
BY KIRK WALTERS

5/21/2013 12:00 AM
Professor ratings not credible
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Your May 3 article “UT: Ratings of professors just ‘nonsense’; Think tank’s listing ranks faculty 20th-worst in survey” said the ratings of professors at the University of Toledo and other universities were based on the Web site RateMyProfessors.com. …

5/21/2013 12:00 AM
Juvenile injustice
Editorials
More than 210 Ohio juveniles — far too many — were certified to stand trial as adults in 2011, the most recent year for which statistics are available. Equally disturbing, the figures suggest vast differences in how courts are handling such cases from county to county. …

5/20/2013 12:00 AM
OHSAA vote leaves lots of questions
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
Musings for a Monday morning, with some instant email feedback on Sunday’s column regarding the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the defeat of its competitive balance referendum, and the possibility of an upcoming petition vote that could create separate state championship tournaments for public and private schools: …

5/20/2013 12:00 AM
How Clint Eastwood made my day
BY TOM WALTON BLADE COLUMNIST
Clint Eastwood is a friend of mine. How’s that for name-dropping? …