http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:00:30 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/15/to-edtior-community-investment-must-include-the-community/stories/20260916005 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/15/to-edtior-community-investment-must-include-the-community/stories/20260916005#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2026 02:40:36 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/15/to-edtior-community-investment-must-include-the-community/stories/20260916005 A $15,000-A-WEEK investment to bring fresh, healthy food into a neighborhood can be significant. The Swayne Field Pop-Up Produce Market is a pilot program designed to increase access to affordable, nutritious food for residents at the Swayne Field redevelopment site. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/15/editorial-politics-hurts-economy/stories/20260915016 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/15/editorial-politics-hurts-economy/stories/20260915016#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2026 02:39:22 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/15/editorial-politics-hurts-economy/stories/20260915016 The longest serving woman in the history of the United States Congress is putting her political interests ahead of the economic interests of northwest Ohio. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Ohio) has used the air-waves to claim Derek Merrin is re-sponsible for data centers leading to higher utility bills. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/14/to-editor-holiday-we-never-made-never-needed/stories/20260911008 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/14/to-editor-holiday-we-never-made-never-needed/stories/20260911008#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/14/to-editor-holiday-we-never-made-never-needed/stories/20260911008 I was in second grade. My teacher was showing a movie on the classroom television. When it ended, she ejected the VHS tape, and the television flipped to cable. The channel landed on a scene showing a burning building. The Tribute in Light shines over lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, in the Brooklyn Borough of New York. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/14/editorial-privacy-oxymoron/stories/20260915007 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/14/editorial-privacy-oxymoron/stories/20260915007#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/14/editorial-privacy-oxymoron/stories/20260915007 Attacks on Flock cameras used by police are gaining support beyond the lunatic fringe, or more likely just adding numbers to that flock. A pro­posed bill by Rep. Gary Click re­quires a one-year pause on the use of Flock cam­eras in Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/14/to-editor-vivek-not-leader-buckeyes/stories/20260915004 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/14/to-editor-vivek-not-leader-buckeyes/stories/20260915004#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/14/to-editor-vivek-not-leader-buckeyes/stories/20260915004 Ohio is facing an education crisis. According to U.S. News and World Report, Ohio ranks 29th in education. That is quite a fall from its ranking of fifth best back in 2010. Keep in mind, Republicans have held power in the governor’s office and both chambers at the Statehouse since 2011. Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy gestures while speaking ahead of Vice President JD Vance's speech at the Cleveland Cliffs Middletown Works on Aug. 21 in Middletown, Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/13/to-editor-jews-muslims-held-different-expectations/stories/20260914019 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/13/to-editor-jews-muslims-held-different-expectations/stories/20260914019#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/13/to-editor-jews-muslims-held-different-expectations/stories/20260914019 Dr. S. Amjad Hussain’s latest column, “Jewish terrorists and killing fields of West Bank,” Wednesday, was an exercise in selective moral accounting. Women gather at a Palestinian-Bedouin house before attending a wedding ceremony at the West Bank town of Taybeh on Sept. 13. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/13/to-editor-immigration-letter-misleading/stories/20260914016 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/13/to-editor-immigration-letter-misleading/stories/20260914016#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/13/to-editor-immigration-letter-misleading/stories/20260914016 A Sept. 6 letter to the editor, “Left makes decision easy in Nov.” claimed leftists support illegal immigration, opening prisons, defunding everything. I don’t know where he obtained this information but it is inflammatory and not accurate for the majority of Democrats (left). One can always find some extremist on either side but it does not represent the party as a whole. In regards to immigration though, the Biden administration had a bipartisan agreement to severely curtail immigration until Trump told the Republicans to not approve the agreement. Signs saying that immigration agents have no right to enter without a warrant are posted on the doors of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis on Jan. 18. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/13/editorial-trump-buying-votes/stories/20260914008 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/13/editorial-trump-buying-votes/stories/20260914008#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2026 02:35:07 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/13/editorial-trump-buying-votes/stories/20260914008 Here’s a good political conversation starter; who is more irresponsible, President Trump for promising a $5,000 dividend for every adult citizen if Republicans keep majorities in both the House and the Senate, or Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno who plans to sponsor enabling legislation? President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Shannon Airport on Sept. 13 in Shannon, Ireland. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-act-ai-regulations/stories/20260910066 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-act-ai-regulations/stories/20260910066#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-act-ai-regulations/stories/20260910066 Another informed voice on the danger of unregulated development of artificial intelligence is sounding the alarm that AI could become DOA for humanity. Humanoid robots perform at a press conference by GMO, Japanese internet infrastructure company on Sept. 8 in Tokyo. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/12/shribman-long-winding-road-conservatism/stories/20260913040 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/12/shribman-long-winding-road-conservatism/stories/20260913040#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/12/shribman-long-winding-road-conservatism/stories/20260913040 WARREN, N.H. — It’s been four years, an eternity in American political history, since I last drove along a backwoods byway from here to Lebanon, N.H., and contemplated what that route told me about the destination of American conservatism. President Donald Trump participates in a review of soldiers from the Guard of Honor during a visit with Ireland's President Catherine Connolly at Áras an Uachtaráin on Sept. 12 in Dublin. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/12/div-class-libpagebodylinebreak-instead-of-learning-bush-s-post-9-11-flubs-revisited-br-div-2/stories/20260913039 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/12/div-class-libpagebodylinebreak-instead-of-learning-bush-s-post-9-11-flubs-revisited-br-div-2/stories/20260913039#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/09/12/div-class-libpagebodylinebreak-instead-of-learning-bush-s-post-9-11-flubs-revisited-br-div-2/stories/20260913039 For those of us alive on Sept. 11, 2001 — fully one-third of people in the United States today were not, and millions more were too young for memories — it’s hard to believe that it has been 25 years since that horrific day. And yet it isn’t difficult at all, given the transformational changes dating from that time that remain a fact of everyday life, not least the airport security lines and the ever-advancing technology in use there. The Tribute in Light shines over lower Manhattan on Sept. 11 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/12/to-editor-dont-hold-breath-5k-promise/stories/20260913048 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/12/to-editor-dont-hold-breath-5k-promise/stories/20260913048#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/12/to-editor-dont-hold-breath-5k-promise/stories/20260913048 Donald Trump promised to pay every American $5,000 (totaling a trillion dollars) if voters return control of the House and Senate to Republicans in the midterms. If we have money for that, why hasn’t he already paid it to the American people? President Donald Trump stands on stage at the Republican convention on Sept. 10 in Dallas. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-speak-out-arch/stories/20260913045 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-speak-out-arch/stories/20260913045#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-speak-out-arch/stories/20260913045 Like his other Washington beautification projects, President Trump’s proposed Triumphal Arch imposes his personal wishes and tastes on the nation without adequate public input. The vast grassy area on Memorial Circle between the Lincoln Memorial, far back, and Arlington National Cemetery, shows the future site of the Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck, on Sept. 4 in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-saving-lake-erie/stories/20260913033 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-saving-lake-erie/stories/20260913033#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/12/editorial-saving-lake-erie/stories/20260913033 Resumption of work on a carp barrier on the Des Plaines River about 45 miles south of Chicago is our only known protection from an invasion that could rob Lake Erie of benefits worth billions. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/09/12/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-9-13/stories/20260912100 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/09/12/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-9-13/stories/20260912100#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:12:54 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/09/12/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-9-13/stories/20260912100 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/12/to-editor-sylvania-graduate-reflects-levy/stories/20260911012 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/12/to-editor-sylvania-graduate-reflects-levy/stories/20260911012#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/12/to-editor-sylvania-graduate-reflects-levy/stories/20260911012 In 2019, I graduated from Sylvania Schools thinking I had done what every other high school graduate across the country had done before: walked across the stage, shook a hand, and accepted a diploma. It was not until later when I started my first semester of college and had my first meeting with my adviser that I realized all that I took for granted from Sylvania Schools. In that first meeting, the adviser was bewildered at the fact that I came in with 65 credits, elevating me to junior standing. This meant that I could graduate with a bachelor’s degree in two years instead of four years. Despite this, I wanted to take some time to enjoy the college experience, so I settled for three years, graduating with a double major and a minor in that time. Guests attend the Sylvania Schools Board of Education meeting at the Bradley J. Rieger Admin. Bldg. on Jan. 12 in Sylvania. Wahidy https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/11/editorial-stop-taking-ridi-land/stories/20260912012 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/11/editorial-stop-taking-ridi-land/stories/20260912012#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/09/11/editorial-stop-taking-ridi-land/stories/20260912012 As a general rule, local elected officials should resist the temptation to use their local elected platform to make political statements about national and international issues. Dan Ridi, whose family owns a home in the West Bank, speaks at a commissioners meeting at One Government Center in downtown on Sept. 8. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-editor-farm-families-improving-lake-health/stories/20260912009 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-editor-farm-families-improving-lake-health/stories/20260912009#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-editor-farm-families-improving-lake-health/stories/20260912009 We appreciate your Sept. 2 editorial, “Lake Erie has looming issue,” recognizing H2Ohio and progress being made to improve Ohio’s water quality. The story, however, presents an incomplete picture of H2Ohio and leaves out a major part of the progress: the thousands of farm families, and partnerships, who have stepped up to be a part of the solution. Kids play in Lake Erie as algae begins to bloom at Luna Pier, Mich., on July 27. Sharp https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-editor-what-does-it-mean-protect-girls-womens-sports/stories/20260912008 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-editor-what-does-it-mean-protect-girls-womens-sports/stories/20260912008#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-editor-what-does-it-mean-protect-girls-womens-sports/stories/20260912008 Current political commentary points to transgender athletes as a threat to safety and fairness in girls’ and women’s sports. Yet, in many ways, this belief overlooks the realities facing most participants. According to the U.S. Center for SafeSport, the national organization that investigates allegations of sexual misconduct in sport, about one-third of athletes surveyed believed emotional, physical, or sexual misconduct was a problem in their sport. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization reported that, worldwide, one in five elite female athletes experienced sexual misconduct as a child in a sport setting. Recent studies reveal that 60 to 80 percent of female athletes experience psychological abuse in sport. Of those, over half report that a coach was the perpetrator. Studies also show about one in five female athletes experience body shaming by coaches. As high as 35 percent of female athletes have eating disorders while up to 70 percent of them engage in unhealthy eating patterns. And, over 40 percent of female athletes competing in the NCAA report feeling overwhelmed while 35 percent report feeling mentally exhausted. Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus. Krane https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-the-editor-and-the-marching-band-took-the-field/stories/20260912007 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-the-editor-and-the-marching-band-took-the-field/stories/20260912007#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/09/11/to-the-editor-and-the-marching-band-took-the-field/stories/20260912007 The start of high school and college football is here. High school football might be the last hope for the great game of football. It is integrity-based and team-oriented and teaches values. It’s a chance to watch young people compete and show the results of hard work and dedication. Genoa’s Jaxon Magnone misses a catch in the end zone during a high school football game between Otsego and Genoa at Genoa High School on Sept. 11 in Genoa.