http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Sun, 04 Oct 2026 04:17:45 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-sports-bill-scores/stories/20261002005 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-sports-bill-scores/stories/20261002005#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-sports-bill-scores/stories/20261002005 Just when we thought politicians couldn’t act in a collaborative way, the U.S. Senate has approved a bipartisan bill regulating college sports. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/03/to-the-editorial-perils-of-communism-mocked-but-shouldn-t-be/stories/20261004034 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/03/to-the-editorial-perils-of-communism-mocked-but-shouldn-t-be/stories/20261004034#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/03/to-the-editorial-perils-of-communism-mocked-but-shouldn-t-be/stories/20261004034 The editorial cartoon on Wednesday depicting the warning against communism as merely a partisan “voter scare tactic” — like a cheap Acme gimmick out of a Looney Tunes short — trivializes one of the most destructive political ideologies in human history. A man walks past portraits of victims hanging on trees, as people gather to commemorate victims of Soviet repressions during the Great Terror, the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's purges, at Levashovo Memorial cemetery on the outskirts of St.Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 30, 2022. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-gop-judiciary-clown-car/stories/20261004035 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-gop-judiciary-clown-car/stories/20261004035#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-gop-judiciary-clown-car/stories/20261004035 Republicans are so desperate to provide cover for President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election that the wisdom that is supposed to be manifest in the upper chamber has become woefully lacking. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event at Butler High School in Vandalia, Ohio on Oct. 3. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/03/union-households-big-role-elections/stories/20261003014 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/03/union-households-big-role-elections/stories/20261003014#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:39:22 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/10/03/union-households-big-role-elections/stories/20261003014 Let’s take a look at where likely voters from union households currently stand regarding Ohio’s senate and governor races. Acton and Ramaswamy Jackson https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-plan-preserve-coronavirus-funds/stories/20261004036 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-plan-preserve-coronavirus-funds/stories/20261004036#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/03/editorial-plan-preserve-coronavirus-funds/stories/20261004036 A plan to divert $713,106 in unspent coronavirus funds to use that money by the Dec. 31 deadline appears well designed to bring Toledo’s involvement in the pandemic relief program to a financially safe conclusion. Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz speaks during the announcement of major investments in the Maumee Area of Concern at the National Museum of Great Lakes in Toledo on Aug. 12. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/10/03/shribman-dem-populism-vs-maga-populism-ohio/stories/20261004029 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/10/03/shribman-dem-populism-vs-maga-populism-ohio/stories/20261004029#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/10/03/shribman-dem-populism-vs-maga-populism-ohio/stories/20261004029 NEW WATERFORD, Ohio — See how they run. Sherrod Brown is running like an old man in a hurry. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/10/03/walton-what-exactly-lifetime-supply/stories/20261004010 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/10/03/walton-what-exactly-lifetime-supply/stories/20261004010#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/10/03/walton-what-exactly-lifetime-supply/stories/20261004010 Now that I am supposedly in my reclining years (I can’t bring myself to say “declining”), the term “lifetime supply” has taken on new relevance. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/02/editorial-plan-success-rather-than-closure/stories/20261003005 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/02/editorial-plan-success-rather-than-closure/stories/20261003005#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/02/editorial-plan-success-rather-than-closure/stories/20261003005 In planning for enhancing Ohio’s system of higher education, our next governor should undertake leadership without a predetermined outcome of consolidation of campuses. Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, running for governor, speaks during his campaigning event at Chevy’s Place in downtown Toledo on Sept. 18. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/10/01/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-10-2-26/stories/20261001118 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/10/01/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-10-2-26/stories/20261001118#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2026 04:01:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/10/01/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-10-2-26/stories/20261001118 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/01/editorial-politicians-get-gas-tax-pause/stories/20261002007 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/01/editorial-politicians-get-gas-tax-pause/stories/20261002007#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/10/01/editorial-politicians-get-gas-tax-pause/stories/20261002007 Politicians got their pause in the gas tax and you’ll get the bill. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine speaks during a Heart of Opportunity Tour stop at the University of Toledo on Aug. 19. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/09/30/editorial-cartoon-maumee-dearest-10-1/stories/20260930112 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/09/30/editorial-cartoon-maumee-dearest-10-1/stories/20260930112#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:54:06 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/09/30/editorial-cartoon-maumee-dearest-10-1/stories/20260930112 Click the image above to view the full cartoon. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/30/lessenberry-communist-label-not-relevant-in-today-s-world/stories/20261001007 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/30/lessenberry-communist-label-not-relevant-in-today-s-world/stories/20261001007#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:20:51 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/30/lessenberry-communist-label-not-relevant-in-today-s-world/stories/20261001007 CLARKSTON, Mich. — More than 70 years ago, an unscrupulous and reckless senator from Wisconsin, Joe McCarthy, ruined lives and careers by smearing people as “communists,” often without any evidence whatsoever, during what was called the “Red Scare.” Rep. Lisa McClain (R., Mich.), chairman of the House Republican Conference, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill Sept. 15 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/30/to-the-editor-yes-vote-helps-our-wood-county-seniors/stories/20261001020 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/30/to-the-editor-yes-vote-helps-our-wood-county-seniors/stories/20261001020#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:12:49 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/30/to-the-editor-yes-vote-helps-our-wood-county-seniors/stories/20261001020 On Nov. 3, voters will be asked to consider a 1.0 mill renewal levy for the Wood County Committee on Aging. It is a renewal, not a new tax, that will continue critical funding that supplies over 70 percent of the operating revenue of the agency. Instructor Bud Dauterman of Bowling Green, from left, Bowling Green resident Lori Beeman and Bowling Green resident Connie Dipuccio warm up during a Tai Chi class on Feb. 6, 2023 at Wood County Committee On Aging in Bowling Green. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/30/editorial-charter-schools-also-in-report-cards/stories/20261001008 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/30/editorial-charter-schools-also-in-report-cards/stories/20261001008#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:05:56 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/30/editorial-charter-schools-also-in-report-cards/stories/20261001008 Ohio’s annual school report cards typically attract attention each October as Ohio’s public schools compete for which can claim the highest number of stars, or explain away an embarrassingly low number of stars. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/30/editorial-checkmark-blues/stories/20261001006 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/30/editorial-checkmark-blues/stories/20261001006#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:07:41 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/30/editorial-checkmark-blues/stories/20261001006 The European Union overreached in its action against X, a U.S.-based social media site, over the blue checkmark. Now that the blue check-mark has no meaning at all, the European Union wants to be compensated, and is fining X $137 million. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/29/editorial-annihilation-speech-at-u-n-wrong/stories/20260927070 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/29/editorial-annihilation-speech-at-u-n-wrong/stories/20260927070#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:23:03 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/29/editorial-annihilation-speech-at-u-n-wrong/stories/20260927070 The Trump Administration won’t even claim the United States is at war with Iran, but the President used his annual speech at the United Nations last Tuesday to threaten Iran with annihilation. President Donald Trump speaks to the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, at the UN headquarters. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/29/to-the-editor-president-building-more-than-an-arch/stories/20260929004 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/29/to-the-editor-president-building-more-than-an-arch/stories/20260929004#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:20:52 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/29/to-the-editor-president-building-more-than-an-arch/stories/20260929004 Wow! A dream come true for an autocrat wanting to become a dictator! Build a huge arch in our capital and fill it with snipers and drones. To begin with this seems to be an effort to get the courts to approve the arch, the same way they did the ballroom — declare it’s a national emergency; protect the President, protect the city. But those same snipers and drones could just as easily be directed toward protesters and inconvenient demonstrations. It’s way past time to put a stop to this madness! President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One, Sept. 27, in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/29/editorial-skilled-help-wanted/stories/20260905005 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/29/editorial-skilled-help-wanted/stories/20260905005#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:02:08 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/29/editorial-skilled-help-wanted/stories/20260905005 Ohio has cash to burn in an earn-and-learn program with $300 million to provide employers with skilled technicians needed to maintain the equipment that powers our economy. Dean Monske, president and CEO of northwest Ohio's Regional Growth Partnership, speaks at an event announcing incentives for companies to train employees, at Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio, on Aug. 31. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/27/to-editor-kapturs-move-has-political-consequences/stories/20260928018 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/27/to-editor-kapturs-move-has-political-consequences/stories/20260928018#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/27/to-editor-kapturs-move-has-political-consequences/stories/20260928018 In reference to your editorial, “Kaptur ad shows independence,” I take your point. It does show independence, and elections are indeed about winning. In American politics, if you finish second, you don’t get a participation trophy. U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur speaks during a news conference and ribbon cutting ceremony at The Glen in Toledo on July 8.