4/19/2013 7:57 PM
Judge Wagner’s good idea
Editorials
Last weekend, a “Take Back the Night” rally protested violence against women in Toledo, reminding this community that it can and must do better. Toward that end, Municipal Court Judge Michelle Wagner’s proposal for a domestic-violence docket is an important initiative. …

4/19/2013 7:54 PM
What about U.S. firms abroad?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
As Toledo Mayor Mike Bell has traveled abroad in search of foreign investment and jobs for the city, has it occurred to him that U.S. companies have abandoned America and its workers and moved their manufacturing to China (“Delegation makes final pitch before heading home; Trip deemed success for contacts, connections,” April 16)? …

4/19/2013 1:52 AM
Kirk: Roll over
Editorial Cartoons

4/18/2013 8:32 PM
Willkommen, Herr Bell
Editorials
It isn't immediately clear — and may not be known for several years — what tangible benefits, if any, Toledo will gain from Mayor Mike Bell’s trade mission to Germany this month. But one notion can be promptly dispelled: that the mayor’s trip was merely an all-expenses-paid junket at taxpayer expense. …

4/18/2013 8:30 PM
Change the Senate
Editorials
How is it that 90 percent of Americans want background checks for gun purchases by felons and people with a history of mental illness, but Congress cannot get this done? …

4/18/2013 8:27 PM
Cubist onslaught
Editorials
Cubist paintings, drawings, and sculptures are among the most prized of 20th-century art masterpieces. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braques created the movement, collaborating on its earliest pieces. …

4/18/2013 8:12 PM
Gov. Snyder on new bridge
BY JACK LESSENBERRY BLADE COLUMNIST
DETROIT — Three years ago, I asked U.S. Sen. Carl Levin whether anything about Detroit, the city where he was born, surprised him anymore. Yes, he told me, “the power of Matty Moroun.“ …

4/18/2013 8:06 PM
Why hasn’t jail been maintained?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I am incensed about talk of replacing the Lucas County jail (“Lucas County to seek study for a new jail; Commissioners vote to request proposals to find a consultant,” April 10). …