Miller: The Grand Rapids experience
Grand Rapids, Mich., has built a downtown with many of the same puzzle pieces we have in Downtown Toledo. It is on a river...
Canning: Mandate tramples liberty
With the enactment of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate for “free” contraception coverage, religious liberty — the inherent natural...
Pounds: Wheels on the bus
When Tarzan swings through the jungle, he doesn’t let go of a vine until the next one is securely in hand. That’s the image...
Osburn: Politics at the Pump
The issue of high gasoline prices has become a political hot potato, one that each presidential candidate, as well as President Barack Obama, has...
Miller: What the world needs now
I have read enough John Irving novels to know it is impossible to construct a figurative protective dome around one’s family.
As our sons, Evan,...
Pounds: Collins on a roll
He is not popular in Mayor Mike Bell’s office, nor is he universally adored by his fellow Toledo City Council members, but Councilman D....
Osburn: Super Tuesday fails to clear up GOP field
On March 6, voters in 10 states went to the polls to cast their ballots. The day is called Super Tuesday because it is...
Primary concerns
You can’t fool all the Lucas County voters all the time, but apparently Phil Copeland fooled at least 17,801 voters in the county recorder...
Baumhower: Boycott blueprint
Oops, he did it again … last week, Rush Limbaugh created a media firestorm by referring to Sandra Fluke, a woman who testified in...
Pounds: Endorsements
Toledo Free Press endorses the following candidates:
For state representative in District 47, we endorse incumbent Barbara Sears over Jeff Bunck. Sears has been dedicated...
