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Even with economic times tougher, local generosity is evident
about 10 hours ago
Editorial One dependable thing -- even when economic times have toughened -- is rural America's generosity. This has been especially true in northwest Ohio, and several recent events and bits of news prove this point in Defiance and surrounding counties. ...  Read Story.
'To the editor'
about 10 hours ago
Palmer got it right Jack Palmer you are right on. His June 28 column on the dwindling American automobile purchases was timely. I have never seen so many imports being purchased by Defiance County residents. This used to be a GM town, or at least a town...  Read Story.
On race, the nation's slog goes on
about 10 hours ago
Although New Haven's firefighters deservedly won in the Supreme Court, it is deeply depressing that they won narrowly -- 5-4. The egregious behavior by that city's government, in a context of racial rabble-rousing, did not seem legally suspect to even...  Read Story.
Letters to the Editor paid 
July 3, 2009
Community supported Henry HospiceHospice of Henry County was host to the fourth annual bazaar on May 14 at the Burt G. Taylor Post #300 American Legion, Napoleon.The community was very gracious with its support of our event. Numerous businesses, churches...  Read Story.
Todd Helberg - Cap and trade a huge issue for Americans
July 2, 2009

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Letters to the Editor
July 1, 2009
Not happy with cemetery maintenance I have more family in Riverview Memory Gardens than here. My sons went to visit their dad's grave a couple of days ago, along with their grandfathers and aunts and uncles. They called me so upset -- the grass was very...  Read Story.
Marc Kovac - Dare to question the big library campaign?
July 1, 2009
COLUMBUS -- Pardon my insolence, but is anyone else at least slightly disturbed by the public outcry over library funding cuts that has occurred over the past week? I hesitated to write that, given the e-mail juggernaut that naysayers are likely to face...  Read Story.
George Will - A 'fix' we'll likely regret
July 1, 2009
"In the beginning," says a character in a Peter De Vries novel, "the earth was without form and void. Why didn't they leave well enough alone?" When Washington is finished improving health care, Americans may be asking the same thing. Certainly the...  Read Story.
The president's news conference
June 29, 2009
There was a noticeable change in the climate during President Obama's Tuesday news conference that had nothing to do with the heat and humidity, the excuse given for moving the event indoors from the Rose Garden. Those Chicago boys (and girls) know all...  Read Story.
A few dollars for Defiance fireworks not too much to ask
June 28, 2009
Editorial Five days from now, large crowds will gather at Defiance's Kingsbury and Pontiac parks and elsewhere for this year's annual fireworks display. For economic reasons -- pyrotechnic companies command a premium price for fireworks on July 4 -- the...  Read Story.
Tilting at green windmills
June 28, 2009
The Spanish professor is puzzled. Why, Gabriel Calzada wonders, is the U.S. president recommending that America emulate the Spanish model for creating "green jobs" in "alternative energy" even though Spain's unemployment rate is 18.1 percent -- more than...  Read Story.
Tax preparation could be more difficult How far paid 
June 27, 2009
Tax preparation could be more difficult How far is this country from total dictatorship? I just read in the paper (American Free Press) where the IRS moves to ban tax returns filed by all but "experts". The IRS is moving to make self preparation of...  Read Story.
Letters to the Editor
June 26, 2009
Libraries provide many services The library is a place my girls and I visit about three times a week. At the ages of three and four, the library is a place where my daughters don't hear no. We read together and look up the answers to questions they ask....  Read Story.
Cal Thomas - Presumption and assumption
June 26, 2009
Some people have certain presumptions -- for example, that government is better suited to handling problems than individuals or private entities. And, then there are the accompanying assumptions that government, for those who have faith in its supposedly...  Read Story.
Steve Chapman - China after Tiananmen is a little freer place paid 
June 26, 2009
Spring always brings new blossoms, but 20 years ago, spring brought to China an unprecedented flowering. In hundreds of cities, citizens took to the streets in peaceful protests to demand freedom, government accountability and an end to corruption -- and...  Read Story.
Todd Helberg - Iranian democracy as we know it is unlikely
June 25, 2009
The aftermath of Iran's presidential election -- deemed by many as corrupt and prearranged -- is raising some interesting questions. A cursory glance at the situation would leave one with the impression that Iranians protesting the outcome want a...  Read Story.
Thomas Sowell - Equality or pay-back?
June 25, 2009
Back when I was on the receiving end of racial discrimination, it was to me not simply a personal misfortune, or even the misfortune of a race, it was a moral outrage. But not everyone who went through such an experience sees it that way. When it comes...  Read Story.
Letters to the Editor - 6-24-09
June 24, 2009
Community has different attitude I can't believe the letter that Daniel Gray wrote in Sunday's (6/21/09) editions of The Crescent-News. First of all, he has been against the Defiance City Schools for a long time. I, like many other people, just simply...  Read Story.
Marc Kovac - Scenarios offer a peek at ugly cuts to come for state government
June 24, 2009
COLUMBUS -- Everybody knows budget cuts are coming. Leaders in the Democratic House and Republican Senate and Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland have made it clear that spending reductions in fiscal 2010 and 2011 are going to hurt. But until last week there...  Read Story.
George Will - Taking a razor to the president's plans
June 24, 2009
To dissect today's health care debate, the crux of which concerns a "public option," use the mind's equivalent of a surgeon's scalpel, Occam's razor, a principle of intellectual parsimony: In solving a puzzle, start with the simplest explanatory...  Read Story.
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