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OUR VIEW: Ohio needs higher goals on passenger rail service

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OUR VIEW: Ohio needs higher goals on passenger rail service Ohio's top transportation official says a plan to restore passenger train service in the state is a historic opportunity to create jobs. Transportation Director Jolene Molitoris says rail... Read Story. 1 comment

OUR VIEW: Welcome to the U.S. $10, please

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OUR VIEW: Welcome to the U.S. $10, please The United States would like to attract more foreign visitors, but it is going about it in a funny and perhaps counterproductive way. President Barack Obama recently signed a bill that would impose a $10-a-head... Read Story.

ALONG THE WAY: Matt Fredmonsky

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ALONG THE WAY: Matt Fredmonsky By Matt Fredmonsky Record-Courier staff writer Major crime reports dropped 6.6 percent from 2008 to 2009 in Kent. In the past 10 years, major crimes have declined nearly 27 percent. That's good news. One category,... Read Story.

PAT BUCHANAN: Plenty of reasons to blame free trade

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PAT BUCHANAN: Plenty of reasons to blame free trade By Pat Buchanan Creators Syndicate Though Bush 41 and Bush 43 often disagreed, one issue did unite them both with Bill Clinton: protectionism. Globalists all, they rejected any federal measure to... Read Story.

Urges board to reconsider vote

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Urges board to reconsider vote Xy This is a sad, sad day for Field Schools. Rejecting the grant to establish a creative arts academy comes at a time when there was a light at the end of the tunnel concerning the financial conditions of the district. I... Read Story.

Use Medicare as health care model

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Use Medicare as health care model Most doctors know that much of their practices' expenses are directed to maintaining multiple insurance accounts and to a staggering amount of paperwork. Medical offices have several people devoted just to sorting out... Read Story. 1 comment

OUR VIEW: Second look at zoning a wise move in Deerfield

March 14, 2010

OUR VIEW: Second look at zoning a wise move in Deerfield We thought Deerfield voters made a mistake when they tossed out the township's zoning ordinance last fall. A zoning code, even a flawed one, provides safeguards for property owners through... Read Story.

ALONG THE WAY: David Dix

March 14, 2010

By David DixRecord-Courier PublisherPortage County Common Pleas Court Judge John Enlow is one of many avid basketball fans who considers the college tournaments at the season’s end about the best show television has to offer. A season ticket holder... Read Story.

OUR VIEW: U.S. needs to maintain moon program

March 14, 2010

OUR VIEW: U.S. needs to maintain moon program Another of President Barack Obama's initiatives may be in trouble. Legislators from states with a heavy NASA presence are beginning to push back against his plan to kill a Bush era lunar-landing program. ... Read Story.

MARC KOVAC: Keeping a man alive to kill him

March 14, 2010

MARC KOVAC: Keeping a man alive to kill him By Marc Kovac Record-Courier Capital Bureau COLUMBUS -- One night last week, state prison officials rushed an inmate to the hospital after he tried to kill himself. Doctors were able to counter the attempted... Read Story.

Field school board majority explains action on academy

March 14, 2010

Field school board majority explains action on academy In response to the March 9 article in the Record-Courier, titled "Falcon Academy is losing its wings," the majority of the Field Board of Education responds as follows: We sincerely understand and... Read Story. 6 comments

TEA Party goals clarified by local founding member

March 14, 2010

TEA Party goals clarified by local founding member As a founder of the Portage County TEA Party, I feel compelled to respond to Phillip Cox's letter ("TEA Party has sold out to GOP," Record-Courier, Feb. 11) and a recent editorial. One of the goals of... Read Story.

OUR VIEW: Rule of law means legal counsel for terrorists, too

March 12, 2010

OUR VIEW: Rule of law means legal counsel for terrorists, too Liz Cheney, the daughter of the former vice president, is setting off a new round of McCarthyism by publicly attacking lawyers working in the Justice Department who in private practice ... Read Story.

VIEWPOINT: Is California ready for Jerry Brown's '70s show?

March 12, 2010

VIEWPOINT: Is California ready for Jerry Brown's '70s show? By Dan Walters Sacramento Bee A few hours after California voters decisively rejected Jerry Brown's bid for the U.S. Senate in 1982, the two-term governor delivered a characteristically... Read Story.

BACK THEN: Martin L. Davey, 1935

March 12, 2010

Days before takingoffice as Ohio’s Depression era governor, Martin L. Davey was all smiles for the Kent Courier-Tribune before making a luncheon appearance at First Congregational Church of Kent, where more than 200 well-wishers were on hand... Read Story.

OTHER VOICES: Make sure you are counted

March 12, 2010

OTHER VOICES: Make sure you are counted Americans by their nature don't like other people poking around in their business. That spirit of independence is in part what led to the founding of our great nation. Few of us like people questioning us,... Read Story.

OUR VIEW: History lost as Olin House falls to rubble

March 11, 2010

OUR VIEW: History lost as Olin House falls to rubble The demise of the Olin House, the Franklin Township landmark razed this week by its owner, the city of Akron, is another reminder that history and heritage can vanish within a matter of hours. The... Read Story.

OUR VIEW: Failure of Fla. produce crop adds to strain at checkout

March 11, 2010

OUR VIEW: Failure of Fla. produce crop adds to strain at checkout Are you ready to grow your vegetable garden? Old Man Winter, which gave the portion of the United States east of the Mississippi one of its snowiest patches of weather in years, is now... Read Story.

DAVID BRODER: Facing reality on deficit overdue

March 11, 2010

DAVID BRODER: Facing reality on deficit overdue By David Broder Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON -- There is a great divide in American politics. It's not between Democrats and Republicans. It's between the president and Congress in... Read Story.

SHARON RANDALL: The icing on the cake: Latest wedding planning hurdle calls for perspective

March 11, 2010

SHARON RANDALL: The icing on the cake: Latest wedding planning hurdle calls for perspective By Sharon Randall Scripps Howard News Service Life is all about perspective. I almost said that when she called. I'm glad now I didn't. Sometimes one of the... Read Story.

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