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Gov. Ted Strickland is trying to broker a compromise between unions and businesses that are arguing about whether Ohio should require employers to give seven days of paid sick leave each year.
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This is offered by Dayton Daily News photographer Chris Stewart, a jack of all trades who’s been doing a two-week stint as an editorial writer:
Now you see them. Now you don’t.
Barack Obama’s daughters took part in their first family television interview on July 4. Now the presidential candidate says it will be his daughters’ last; not because the kids weren’t utterly nice, well-behaved and cute, but because pops is getting questioned about the wisdom of putting Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, into the campaign spotlight.
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In his Sunday column, Dayton Daily News editor Kevin Riley asks readers for suggestions for selling people on coming to Dayton. The specific context is the effort of the Dayton Development Coalition and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to land new civilians to take advantage of the assignment of new military tasks to the base as a result of the base realignment project.
This is a good place to post ideas. What would you tell people is desirable about Dayton?
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On the Dayton Daily News opinion pages of Wednesday, July 1 (available at http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2008/07 /01/ddn070208dyer.html), Gwynne Dyer proclaims that it is perfectly obvious that a terrorist attack during the presidential campaign would help John McCain.
He is wrong. A terrorist attack would just be more bad news for the country. Bad news hurts the incumbent party. It would hurt McCain.
The Republican Party cites as one of its main accomplishments since 9/11 the very fact that there have been no terrorists attacks in this country since. That’s one of the very few good things they can point to about their watch. If it disappears, they’ve got a problem, and the Democrats have an opportunity.
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Former Daytonian Chester “Checker” Finn, Jr. wrote a rant for the Wall Street Journal that suggests he doesn’t get back to Ohio much. Sure, the state has a lot of problems. But he struggles to find anything positive going on.
Finn’s problem is that he spends too much time thinking only about Dayton’s public schools, which are in a world of hurt and trouble. But the state is bigger than its urban schools.
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Check out this YouTube video about Dayton, brought to you by Real Living, a real estate company.
It’s short, it’s breezy and it captures the eclectic side of Dayton.
Now about that business of playing golf year-round: That’s a little over the top, doncha think?
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Talk about perfect timing.
On Monday, April 28, the University of Dayton is sponsoring a River Summit at College Park Center.
On April 22, The New York Times did a big take-out on how Oklahoma City has turned the Oklahoma River — once a “ditch” that had to be mowed — into a destination.
The peg for the story was partly that canoeists and kayakers were in town trying to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team.
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This is the blog of the Dayton Daily News editorial page. Regular contributors include the journalists who work on the two-page section labeled "Opinions" in the paper. But the blog is also a forum for readers. We comment on subjects that are being written about in the newspaper, but other subjects are fair game, too.
Ellen Belcher is the Dayton Daily News opinion pages editor. She writes about state government, education, the environment, higher education and all things Dayton.
Martin Gottlieb is an editorial writer and columnist for the Dayton Daily News opinion pages. He focuses on the political process itself and does such national issues as war, the economy, taxes and Social Security, as well as a hodge-podge of local and state issues.
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August is National Golf Month, and lucky for you the Miami Valley is chock full of great courses for every skill level and budget. So get out there and … something about a bird, er, eagles? Local golf guide »
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The 28th annual Alter Fest promises no less than eight live bands, 25 different food options, 24 games and more all packed into a three-day festival. The festival on the grounds of Alter High School will run from Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 30-31, noon to midnight, and Monday, Sept. 1, noon to 8 p.m. Monday's activities include a Guitar Hero Tournament and music by Velvet Crush. Admission and parking are free. More »
Counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence, counter-counter-intelligence? Academy Award nominee Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce ("Memento," "L.A. Confidential") star in "Traitor," an intense international thriller set against a jigsaw puzzle of covert counter-espionage operations. The plot in a nutshell: Conflicting evidence leads a federal agent to question the motives behind a former Special Ops soldier's apparent ties to terrorist groups. We'd tell you more … but then we'd have to kill you. More »
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A clip by Darrick Patrick of Dave Stephens giving Brian Lewis a small hit on the head with a beer bottle in Dayton Ohio
OSU and Florida fans watch the big game at an area sports bar. Video by Meghan Crosby and Otis Gowens
Take a sneak peek at the Dayton Auto Show, which runs through Sunday. Video by: Chris Griffith
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This is simply Strickland paying off a campaign debt.
Issue of “fair”, what are