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4/26/2013 9:03 PM
Moral drift
Editorials
A new report by a nonpartisan legal research group says that, despite years of debate and speculation, U.S. agents engaged in torture during interrogations of foreign detainees. …

4/26/2013 9:02 PM
Where are jobs with good wages?
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In response to your April 13 editorial “Where are the jobs?” For years, the number of people unemployed has differed considerably from unemployment figures. The jobless rate is useless when considering the plight of the those who need work. …

4/26/2013 9:00 PM
Dad, daughter at marathon relieved
BY MARILOU JOHANEK BLADE COLUMNIST
Twelve years ago, my husband called me with a terse imperative: Turn on the TV. Planes were flying into the Twin Towers in New York. …

4/26/2013 1:22 AM
Kirk: Airline tickets?
Editorial Cartoons

4/25/2013 11:04 PM
Snyder low on fuel, but Dems empty
BY JACK LESSENBERRY BLADE COLUMNIST
DETROIT — Nobody is saying this yet, but could it be that the political juggernaut called Rick Snyder is running out of gas? …

4/25/2013 11:01 PM
Copeland must only be recorder
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I wish I could have a part-time job such as Lucas County recorder that pays $71,286 a year (“Copeland won’t quit union job; County recorder seeks new term as business manager,” April 18). …

4/25/2013 11:00 PM
A healthy tax
Editorials
It's no surprise that the tobacco industry is choking on President Obama’s budget proposal, part of which would raise the federal cigarette tax by 94 cents a pack to help pay for preschool education. The federal tax on a pack of cigarettes would increase from $1.01 to $1.95. …

4/25/2013 10:59 PM
Moral lessons
Editorials
Carla Hale is 59 years old and has just been fired from her job as a physical education teacher at Bishop Watterson High School in Columbus, Ohio. She worked there for 19 years. …

4/25/2013 10:58 PM
Digital justice
Editorials
Domestic violence continues to plague northwest Ohio, accounting for much of its violence and, last year, more than a third of Toledo’s homicides. …

4/24/2013 7:36 PM
Double-talk
Editorials
University of Toledo President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs broke his public silence this week on why he moved to terminate transfer agreements with two area abortion clinics. His justification was, frankly, so lame that he would have been better off to keep quiet. …