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Cruelty as lawmaking
Editorials
Ohio has big practical problems its state government needs to address. It has fiscal and budget issues. Its roads and bridges require major attention. The state’s school funding system must be rethought. Its Medicaid program of low-income health insurance ought to expand. …

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Church omits gays
BY MARILOU JOHANEK BLADE COLUMNIST
Immigration reform is becoming a reality in this country. A much-heralded bipartisan push in the U.S. Senate could produce a comprehensive path to full citizenship for millions of immigrants who are living in America illegally. …

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Abortion clinics need to be saved
Letters to the Editor
I am disappointed in University of Toledo President Lloyd Jacobs and the UT Board of Trustees (“Protesters urge Jacobs to save abortion clinics; Transfer pact issue brought to trustees’ attention,” May 14). …

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Climate change (yawn)
Editorials
Thanks to humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels, global carbon-dioxide levels are at their highest point in at least 3 million years. The last time such levels were so elevated, the Sahara desert was thick with forests and Arctic temperatures were as inviting as Caribbean ones. …

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The surprising Pope
Editorials
Pope Francis I continues to shock and amaze. You can’t help but wonder whether the College of Cardinals really knew what the cardinals were getting when they elected him in March, or whether they were completely in charge of the process. …

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Elder poverty is back
Editorials
When President Franklin Roosevelt launched Social Security, he said it would ensure that an elderly American need not “spend his aged years in the poor house.” For four to five decades, the United States consistently expanded the social insurance program to secure this guarantee. …

5/24/2013 12:00 AM
Bad deal
Editorials
The classic definition of chutzpah is the tale of the youth who killed his parents and begged the court for mercy because he was an orphan. A more real, recent, and local — if less violent — example comes from former Toledo City Council member Bob McCloskey, who wants the current council to use public money to pay his $92,…

5/24/2013 12:57 AM
Kirk: Internet Cafe's get Reboot
Editorial Cartoons

5/24/2013 12:00 AM
Historical agency reinvigorated at 100
Jack Lessenberry
LANSING — A century ago, Detroit was a prosperous and fast-growing city on the move. …

5/24/2013 12:00 AM
Affirmative actionis bias
Letters to the Editor
Blade Editor David Kushma’s defense of affirmative action leaves a lot to be desired (“Still a place on campus for affirmative action,” op-ed column, May 19). …