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November 12, 2009

Medical professionals were great help This letter is written in response to the quick, professional actions taken on Nov. 4 by the Defiance Clinic, oncology staff and emergency room trauma center at Mercy Hospital. An allergic reaction to treatment... Read Story.

The 'costs' of medical care

November 12, 2009

Although it is cheaper to buy a pint of milk than to buy a quart of milk, nobody considers that to be lowering the price of milk. Although it is cheaper to buy a lower quality of all sorts of goods than to buy a higher quality, nobody thinks of that as... Read Story.

No climate for a climate treaty

November 12, 2009

Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a tautology because those who do not agree are, definitionally, unintelligent. Britain's intelligent Prime Minister Gordon Brown... Read Story.

So what exactly is college for?

November 12, 2009

Here's a question that all thoughtful college professors must ask themselves occasionally: Beyond the football and fraternities, the manicured lawns and the book-lined shelves in their own offices, beyond the binge drinking and parties and networking... Read Story.

Corruption, the gift that keeps on giving

November 11, 2009

About the only consistent thing in this burg over 46 years of observation is that a whole lot of the politicians that run it never seem to learn from the past. When it comes to corruption, they just keep thinking they can beat the odds. While it would... Read Story.

Challenges for a GOP renaissance

November 11, 2009

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and the New York Yankees can look back on a good week. Maybe Steele deserves extra credit. No one was writing obituaries a year ago for the Yankees as was the case for the Republican Party. Now we... Read Story.

Health bill's latest ridiculous demands

November 11, 2009

H.R. 3692, the monstrous healthcare reform bill that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D Calif., unleashed, comprises 1,990 pages of dense, nearly impenetrable prose. This legislation is precisely 10 sheets shy of four reams of paper. Just 10 pages... Read Story.

How Israel prospered in a sea of adversity

November 9, 2009

People forget how small Israel is. Its entire population is a little over seven million -- smaller than Lima, Peru. Its land area is about 8,000 square miles, smaller than New Jersey. By comparison, Jordan, its neighbor to the east, occupies 35,000... Read Story.

Don't legalize drugs

November 9, 2009

Legalize drugs, advocates say, and you'll, decrease drug use, virtually empty our prisons, end the violence between cartels in Mexico and move toward a more humane society in which abuse is treated as an illness, not a crime. You see, they further... Read Story.

Communism's enablers and excusers

November 9, 2009

On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and communism guaranteed mutually-shared... Read Story.

Tinkering with voters' decision on Issue 3 begins in Columbus

November 8, 2009

Editorial State lawmakers would be doing themselves a disservice by tinkering with the casino issue that state voters approved on Tuesday. Issue 3, allowing the construction of casinos in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo, passed 53 percent to... Read Story.

'To the editor'

November 8, 2009

Hate should not be tolerated This letter is to inform the readers of this newspaper that small town ignorance should not be tolerated. This past weekend was the annual Halloween parade in Defiance and I must say one of the biggest parades that Defiance... Read Story.

Looking for a unicorn in Afghanistan

November 8, 2009

Actress Cate Blanchett, who has played Queen Elizabeth I, is performing here, portraying someone less than regal -- flurried, anxious Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire." If Obama administration officials involved in... Read Story.

Welcoming members of the military home hasn't changed

November 8, 2009

Welcoming members of the military home hasn't changed much over the last century, although now they invariably arrive by commercial jet instead of a train or troop ship. The welcoming party waits outside the airport corridor marked with all sorts of... Read Story.

Cal Thomas - Can the Tenth Amendment save us?

November 6, 2009

Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal government, slow down the juggernaut of czars, health insurance overhaul... Read Story.

Steve Chapman - An unhealthy choice: the 'public option'

November 6, 2009

If Medicare were a bank, federal regulators would be closing its doors, selling its operations and sacking its managers. Thanks to soaring costs, the program is fast running out of money -- even though it pays such low fees that many doctors refuse to... Read Story.

Bonnie Erbe - What Tuesday meant for Obama

November 6, 2009

The legacy of the '09 off-presidential year elections is still to be determined as politicians, pundits and partisans debate whether Tuesday's gubernatorial massacre of Democratic candidates in Virginia and New Jersey was a backlash against President... Read Story.

Todd Helberg - A few observations on Tuesday's election

November 5, 2009

Next to football play calling, election outcomes may be the most scrutinized topics in the free world. So it's only natural to focus on a few salient points about Tuesday's results. It's apparent that Ohio residents are ready to give something new a try... Read Story.

Thomas Sowell - Dismantling America

November 5, 2009

Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many "czars" appointed by the president, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private... Read Story.

Star Parker - New hate crimes law is a mistake

November 5, 2009

President Barack Obama has signed into law the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Actually, he signed into law the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act tacked onto which was the hate crimes legislation. Sen. Harry Reid, our brave Democratic majority leader,... Read Story.

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