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Since Hong Kong’s return to China in 1997, after a century of British rule, the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, has always had the authority to intervene in the semi-autonomous city. This summer that authority has been exercised with utter ruthlessness.
Signs urging people to vote pro-life are appearing now at election time, of course. The term pro-life has come to mean anti-abortion rights. The abortion issue is important, but being really pro-life is about much more than simply being anti-abortion rights
Michigan voters can strike a blow for liberty by approving an amendment to the state constitution that will protect personal data stored in electronic and digital form.
Three cheers for Trader Joe’s for not bowing to online pressure over its product labeling.
“I’m not good enough. I’m not smart enough. I’m not old enough. I’m too old. I’m not strong enough. I can’t do this. What if I fail?”
In May Toledo officials announced the city would use $2 million in federal coronavirus-relief aid to provide emergency housing assistance. This is both necessary and wise.
Sunday’s editorial (“Careful, Joe,” Aug. 1) criticized potential vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris as being “not 80 percent or 90 percent ambition” but “all ambition.”
Those ubiquitous plastic containers near the convenience store cash registers usually carry a similar message: “Have a penny, leave a penny. Need a penny, take a penny.”
The people of Toledo must wake up to the importance of the census. The city continues to lag dangerously behind in filing census returns — and the losers will be the people of Toledo. The census has an impact on every single person in this city — and an undercount will imperil an already struggling municipality badly.
On July 1 Derek Merrin, Ohio state representative in District 47, sent out the following tweet: “The four City Council members should immediately resign. They have lost the public trust. The residents of Toledo, businesses, and our region should not have to endure one more day of them holding office.” When Mr. Merrin posted his indignant tweet, the above-mentioned Democratic council members had been charged with receiving a few thousand dollars in exchange for their votes but were not yet indicted.
I see that right-wing pundits have returned to their complaints about liberal bias in academia. The latest example is David Brooks’ column “The future of noncomformity” that appeared in The Blade on July 27, in which he claims that conservatives are underrepresented in America’s universities and blames this on “the exclusion of conservatives from academic life.”
Kudos to The Blade’s Tom Henry for writing about local water issues for several decades, providing information about regional environmental factors and how these affect recreation, aesthetics, economy, and public health. He has also highlighted the work of regional environmental groups, including those brave enough to take legal action against violations of the Clean Water Act — a federal document meant to provide us with drinkable, swimmable, fishable waters.
Political polarization is rising to intractable heights, and America’s news media is evidencing a similar split. It is therefore difficult to trust any individual outlet, written, televised or podcasted, to uphold the staunch old ideals of fairness and impartiality.
As Ohio officials trace the state’s surging coronavirus case numbers to the reopened bars and restaurants, Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered that last call for drinks be moved up to 10 p.m. each night. It’s the latest on a long list of orders that makes almost no one in Ohio happy, even as it will protect public health and Ohio jobs.
How would you explain our two “major,” political parties today?
I’m more than a month late with this tribute, but so be it.
After participating in a public meeting about the future of Bancroft Street in 2016, I have worked to understand how people move across Toledo. Studying how people and transportation merge, it’s clear that Toledo can do better for all street users, especially pedestrians, wheelchair users, and cyclists.
Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s alleged criminal enterprise didn’t just line his own pockets and fix up his vacation home in Florida with thousands of dollars. His corrupted money helped boost the Ohio Republican Party and the Ohio House Campaign Committee to ensure the continued Republican monopoly of power in Ohio politics.
Eighty years ago, the Battle of Britain was under way. It seems more worthy to note that and remember it than to defame Winston Churchill, the man whose words and resolve led the British people through their greatest crisis.
Much of the world has been consumed by chaos. The coronavirus pandemic rages on. Domestic strife has furthered partisan divisions in the United States. And Hong Kong continues to battle for its freedom from authoritarian China.
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