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Published 7 hours ago
Spying issue a concern
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In response to your June 9 article “Surveillance news met with concern, but not surprise”: I’m more than concerned. This suppression of dissent is dangerous. …

Published 7 hours ago
Ohio in position to be paragon of fracking’s future
BY NEAL PIERCE WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUP
Can a state do fracking right? Can it use new shale-gas drilling technology to deliver thousands of jobs, revive depressed industrial zones, spark new high-tech industries, feed state coffers — and still not mess up its countryside, imperil water supplies, and possibly release dangerous amounts of methane gases? …

Published 7 hours ago
Dubious drug war
Editorials
Ever since President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” one misguided policy after another has distorted America’s criminal justice system. With more than 2 million people behind bars, the United States has the dubious distinction of jailing more of its citizens than any other country. …

Published 7 hours ago
Ms. Lopez’s questions
Editorials
Reporters who want to talk to Toledo mayoral candidate Anita Lopez are subject to a “media interview form” consisting of 17 items. They include not only what questions the reporter wants to ask, but also whether he or she is “knowledgeable” and has “a point of view.” …

Updated 19 hours ago
Energizing Ohio’s economy attracts business, creates jobs
BY DEBORAH WINCE-SMITHAND LLOYD JACOBS
An unprecedented energy transition is under way in the United States. Ohio is well positioned to increase its economic and manufacturing competitiveness and create more high-paying jobs. …

6/18/2013 7:16 AM
Kirk: Passing the Torch
Editorial Cartoons

6/18/2013 12:00 AM
Historywith rebels repeating?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Let’s hope our government’s decision to send military aid to Syrian rebels doesn’t backfire and lead to unintended consequences (“Obama OKs weapons for Syria rebels,” June 14). …

6/18/2013 12:00 AM
Bad for Ohio
Editorials
State lawmakers are wrapping up work on the new two-year budget that takes effect July 1; negotiators for the Republican-controlled House and Senate start meeting today to resolve differences in the two chambers’ budget bills. But it already seems clear that the final budget that will emerge from the General Assembly will be mostly bad for Ohio. …

6/17/2013 12:00 AM
Steady Biffle is last-man standing
BY DAVE HACKENBERG BLADE SPORTS COLUMNIST
BROOKLYN, Mich. — It looked as if the last thing Greg Biffle could or should expect was a nice Sunday drive through the countryside to the finish line. …

6/17/2013 12:00 AM
Of the Buffett debt-escape plan
BY THOMAS WALTON BLADE COLUMNIST
Filthy rich businessman Warren Buffett, one of America’s wealthiest citizens (that’s filthy in a good way, of course) obviously has some strong ideas about what’s wrong with America, specifically our nation’s staggering national debt. …