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5/16/2013 7:54 PM
Detroit’s lessons
Editorials
Toledoans can take comfort in the fact that their city’s finances are not like Detroit’s. But not too much comfort, because what happens in Detroit affects not only the entire state of Michigan, but also neighboring northwest Ohio. …

5/17/2013 3:01 AM
Kirk: Congressional Inquiries
BY KIRK WALTERS BLADE CARTOONIST

5/16/2013 8:31 PM
Spying on the AP
Editorials
When the government obstructs the ability of a news organization to do its job, the most important victims are not journalists, but readers. That’s why long-standing guidelines set clear limits on how Justice Department prosecutors are expected to behave when they interact with the news media. …

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. …

5/16/2013 12:42 AM
Kirk: Detroit's Financial Woes
BY KIRK WALTERS BLADE CARTOONIST

5/15/2013 8:02 PM
Banking on food
Editorials
More people in Ohio are hungry — or at least lack the money for a basic nutritious diet — as wages and jobs have stagnated and the cost of food has risen by 12 percent over the past two years. …

5/15/2013 8:08 PM
Flawed symbol
Editorials
Abortion is arguably the most contentious and divisive issue in American public life. Yet the reaction to the conviction of Dr. Kermit Gosnell for murder of babies in a rogue abortion facility in Philadelphia will be greeted with near unanimity: Good riddance. …

5/15/2013 8:05 PM
Benghazi bumbling
Editorials
No matter how often Republicans denounce them, the initial talking points used by the White House to describe the attack in Benghazi, Libya, are not the real point. But they have become a major political issue in large part because of the White House’s inept response to questions about how they were written. …

5/15/2013 7:58 PM
Discuss, don’t duplicate
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Blade Associate Editor Keith C. Burris’s May 5 commentary, “Gangs in Toledo: Where do we go from here?”, was thoughtful and thought-provoking. …

5/15/2013 11:30 PM
Don’t gamble with natural-gas exports
ROBERT S. BLACK PRESIDENT OF WATERVILLE GAS & OIL CO.
By ROBERT S. BLACK