http://www.toledoblade.com The Latest News from Toledoblade.com (v5) Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:36:38 GMT en-us hourly 1 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/02/hussain-dragnet-abrahams-accords/stories/20260603016 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/02/hussain-dragnet-abrahams-accords/stories/20260603016#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:41:40 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/06/02/hussain-dragnet-abrahams-accords/stories/20260603016 President Trump is on a mission to get every Arab and Muslim country to recognize the state of Israel. Whereas most Arab countries have already recognized Israel, there are some who have made such recognition conditional upon resolving the Palestinian issue. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are among those countries. President Donald Trump looks out the window of his limousine at the construction in Lafayette Park as he departs the White House on May 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/02/to-editor-libertarians-say-toledo-renaissance-needs-economic-freedom-thrive/stories/20260603005 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/02/to-editor-libertarians-say-toledo-renaissance-needs-economic-freedom-thrive/stories/20260603005#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:44:44 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/02/to-editor-libertarians-say-toledo-renaissance-needs-economic-freedom-thrive/stories/20260603005 We welcome the discussion sparked by The Blade’s recent editorial regarding northwest Ohio’s economic future. Students listen to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, right, and former Ohio Attorney General Lee Fisher answer civics questions in a moderated discussion for BGSU's first Constitution Week Leadership Luncheon at the student union on /Sept. 19, 2025, in Bowling Green. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/02/editorial-refund-tariffs-universally/stories/20260603009 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/02/editorial-refund-tariffs-universally/stories/20260603009#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/02/editorial-refund-tariffs-universally/stories/20260603009 The Trump Administration’s penchant for creating upheaval has surfaced yet again with the decision to appeal the universal refunds ordered by the courts to all 330,000 companies hit with $166 billion in unlawful tariff payments. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, on May 23, 2025, in Washington. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/01/editorial-10b-bet-van-wert/stories/20260602007 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/01/editorial-10b-bet-van-wert/stories/20260602007#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:46:02 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/06/01/editorial-10b-bet-van-wert/stories/20260602007 For 19 long years, Van Wert has been working to attract major economic development to a 1,600-acre industrial park. It has finally happened and the community is set to collect $10 million a year for the next 20 years because of that development success. The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, a decommissioned uranium enrichment plant, is visible after the U.S. Department of Energy announced a new data center at the site on March 20 in Piketon, Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-the-editor-will-ohios-public-universities-lead-nation-free-speech/stories/20260602004 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-the-editor-will-ohios-public-universities-lead-nation-free-speech/stories/20260602004#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:59:47 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-the-editor-will-ohios-public-universities-lead-nation-free-speech/stories/20260602004 Ohio’s public universities have made big improvements in their policies on free expression and intellectual diversity, in most cases thanks to the recently passed Senate Bill 1. This law requires all public universities to take several important actions, from adopting new statements on free expression and policies of institutional neutrality, to ending the use of DEI statements in hiring, to promoting intellectual diversity in faculty hiring. These moves signal Ohio’s serious commitment to free expression and diversity of thought. Students walk around Centennial Mall at the University of Toledo in Toledo on April 19, 2024. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-editor-more-help-needed-for-food-supply/stories/20260602012 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-editor-more-help-needed-for-food-supply/stories/20260602012#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:55:18 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-editor-more-help-needed-for-food-supply/stories/20260602012 I have two sayings I believe in: “Don’t serve me crumbs and call it a steak dinner” and “Food is a human right.” Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., went down the street to the child center to give them $30,000 for their garden. He smiled for the people and for the camera, and he felt that he did a good thing. But down the street is a wonderful farm, Urban Wholistics, that not only grows fruit and vegetables but confidence in people who work there. So, while the federal government tosses a pittance back to us, the state government continues to cut funding for large-scale food projects like Urban Wholistics. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on May 27. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-editor-double-standards-apply-but-only-israel/stories/20260531071 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-editor-double-standards-apply-but-only-israel/stories/20260531071#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:44:59 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/01/to-editor-double-standards-apply-but-only-israel/stories/20260531071 In his article asking whether Shia Muslims want to annihilate Israel, Dr. S. Amjad Hussain makes an important clarification: classical Twelver Shia theology does not contain a doctrinal command to destroy Israel or Jews. That is correct. Most Shia Muslims are not driven by apocalyptic political theology, and it is unfair to reduce a diverse tradition to its most extreme interpretations. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 21. Büchler https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/31/to-editor-president-getting-more-bizarre-daily/stories/20260601007 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/31/to-editor-president-getting-more-bizarre-daily/stories/20260601007#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/31/to-editor-president-getting-more-bizarre-daily/stories/20260601007 Each and every day as I read, watch, or listen to the news I am still in awe of how this President day by day gets more bizarre and unhinged as he dismantles our great country for his own benefit. President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives at the White House on May 31. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/31/editorial-republic-less-service-more-cost/stories/20260530013 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/31/editorial-republic-less-service-more-cost/stories/20260530013#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/31/editorial-republic-less-service-more-cost/stories/20260530013 Toledo City Council’s approval of Republic Services as the city’s regular trash provider is an outcome that results in reduced services and at a higher cost, in the form of higher monthly trash collection fees. A Republic Services truck was parked in the lot of the Zablocki Center Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-shame-on-parents/stories/20260531068 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-shame-on-parents/stories/20260531068#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-shame-on-parents/stories/20260531068 Toledo would like to be famous for its glass, its Lake Erie recreation, its industrial and sports history, its affordable real estate, Jamie Farr and Gloria Steinem, and lots of other things. Jessica Anderson. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/05/30/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-5-31-26/stories/20260530100 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/05/30/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-5-31-26/stories/20260530100#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/2026/05/30/editorial-cartoon-tim-hartman-5-31-26/stories/20260530100 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/05/30/shribman-presidents-equivocation-iran-may-bite-him-nov/stories/20260531076 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/05/30/shribman-presidents-equivocation-iran-may-bite-him-nov/stories/20260531076#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/05/30/shribman-presidents-equivocation-iran-may-bite-him-nov/stories/20260531076 Reports about a U.S.-Iran peace deal have been served up in recent days as a tasting menu. Instead, it increasingly seems like a palate cleanser. President Donald Trump looks out the window of his limousine at the construction in Lafayette Park as he departs the White House, on May 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-first-solar-soars/stories/20260602005 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-first-solar-soars/stories/20260602005#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-first-solar-soars/stories/20260602005 Despite Ohio’s legal hostility to utility grade solar power, Greater Toledo’s First Solar is soaring because of economic trends that even anti-solar state legislators cannot impede. Mike Koralewski, chief supply chain officer at First Solar, speaks during a Rotary Club of Toledo meeting at the Glass City Center in Toledo on March 30. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-protecting-haitians/stories/20260531074 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-protecting-haitians/stories/20260531074#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 00:56:51 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/30/editorial-protecting-haitians/stories/20260531074 Sylvania Northview grad Geoff Pipoly’s oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court is much more than a local boy makes good story. A mural that reads "Greetings from Springfield Ohio" is seen painted on an alley wall on Sept. 17, 2024, in Springfield, Ohio. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/30/to-editor-speed-kills-costs-slow-down/stories/20260531072 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/30/to-editor-speed-kills-costs-slow-down/stories/20260531072#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 14:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/30/to-editor-speed-kills-costs-slow-down/stories/20260531072 I appreciated a recent reader’s facetious suggestion that our road repairs could be fully funded if local and state police officers ticketed speeders on our streets and highways. I am likely the only other driver in Lucas County who sets his adaptive cruise control (a tremendous safety device, by the way) at the posted speed limit, while the rest of the world races by. The reader failed to mention the added cost that would be realized if all those speeders on their handheld devices paid that fine as well. A variable speed limit sign on I475-US23 north of US24 in Maumee on June 27, 2017. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/05/30/walton-stepping-on-lego-special-kind-agony/stories/20260531045 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/05/30/walton-stepping-on-lego-special-kind-agony/stories/20260531045#comments Sun, 31 May 2026 02:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2026/05/30/walton-stepping-on-lego-special-kind-agony/stories/20260531045 DO YOU have grandchildren? If so, you can feel my distress. Nothing against grandchildren. I love mine with all my heart. But imagine the scene. You’re visiting the kids at their house. It’s the middle of the night. You head to the bathroom in the dark. Suddenly you feel a pain in your foot so severe, so piercing, that it should only be experienced by a condemned man walking to the gallows. Sculp­tures are dis­played dur­ing the open­ing of U.S. art­ist Nathan Sawaya’s ex­hi­bi­tion ‘The Art of the Brick,’ fea­tur­ing works en­tirely made from lego bricks, in Milan, Italy, in 2016. Amer­i­can art­ist Nathan Sawaya has a stand­ing or­der of sev­eral hun­dred thou­sand Lego bricks monthly to cre­ate life-size sculp­tures that have trav­eled the globe. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/29/to-the-editor-better-days-ahead-for-n-toledo/stories/20260529006 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/29/to-the-editor-better-days-ahead-for-n-toledo/stories/20260529006#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 10:26:26 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/2026/05/29/to-the-editor-better-days-ahead-for-n-toledo/stories/20260529006 North Toledo residents will often tell you they feel forgotten. They feel overlooked, disenfranchised, and disconnected from the systems that are supposed to serve them. Many have lost trust in government and organizations after years of feeling ignored. The new mural being pained at Jamie Farr Park in North Toledo. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/29/editorial-endorsement-can-t-trump-voters/stories/20260529008 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/29/editorial-endorsement-can-t-trump-voters/stories/20260529008#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 10:28:20 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/29/editorial-endorsement-can-t-trump-voters/stories/20260529008 Republican Derek Merrin has President Trump’s “complete and total endorsement” in the 9th congressional district rematch with incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur. But if he wins, Mr. Merrin will not serve northwest Ohio well unless his first and foremost allegiance is to voters here and the issues that assist them. Derek Merrin, a Republican candidate running for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District primary, speaks during an event at Schaller Memorial Building in Perrysburg on March 26. https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/29/editorial-gov-dewines-decision-wrong/stories/20260530012 https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/29/editorial-gov-dewines-decision-wrong/stories/20260530012#comments Sat, 30 May 2026 03:45:00 GMT https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/editorials/2026/05/29/editorial-gov-dewines-decision-wrong/stories/20260530012 Gov. Mike DeWine’s suspension of the sales tax exemption for data center development Wednesday was a major policy mistake that should be reversed as soon as possible. Gov. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, arrives to an event at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting on Feb. 19, 2026 in Washington.