A Matter of Opinion

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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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Civil Rights

June 22, 2011

• Editorial: Wal-Mart won; women didn't necessarily lose

June 10, 2011

• Martin Gottlieb: Pay cut for legislators misses big issue

June 3, 2011

• Editorial: New look at drug sentences is only right

April 3, 2011

• Ellen Belcher: B-creek may face RTA riders in court

March 30, 2011

• Editorial: B-creek vote against RTA embarrassing

March 29, 2011

• Guest column: As tests improve, Dayton will get better police force

March 18, 2011

• Editorial: Lower test standard was least-worst option

February 3, 2011

• Editorial: Kasich, GOP give a little; welcome sign

January 17, 2011

• Editorial: Dayton's MLK day has cloud hanging over it

December 6, 2010

• Editorial: Case for limit on gay service has collapsed

November 19, 2010

• Editorial:Terrorists are the enemy, not screeners

August 27, 2010

• Editorial: Controversy over 'mosque' built on lies

August 26, 2010

• Scott Elliott: Airman's case could break ground for gay civil rights

June 25, 2010

• What did dissenter in pregnancy case say?
• Editorial: Pregnancy leave not entitlement

June 12, 2010

• Editorial: Military's anti-gay policy has to go

June 8, 2010

• Editorial: Dayton has to get blacks to take test

March 2, 2010

• Martin Gottlieb: Trammell story is about changing American times

March 1, 2010

• Editorial: Dayton didn't worry about SCLC race card

February 18, 2010

• Editorial: SCLC scandal forces accounting here

February 11, 2010

• Victor Fehrenbach: Ridding military of gays diminishes our security

February 10, 2010

• Guest column: Ridding military of gays diminishes our security
• Editorial: Expelling gays from the military should stop

February 7, 2010

• Editorial: Dayton's SCLC can't be blase about allegations

January 20, 2010

• Editorial: Dayton police need Hispanics on their side

January 18, 2010

• Editorial: Reid flap says something about role of King day

December 29, 2009

• Editorial: West Third Street needs 'Roosevelt'

November 15, 2009

• Editorial: Human trafficking issue gets useful look from UD, Cordray

September 23, 2009

• Martin Gottlieb: Gay rights vote foretells more about Lehner than Blair

September 18, 2009

• From Peggy Lehner: Gay rights bill is about inalienable rights
• Editorial: Region leads Ohio GOP on gay rights

July 26, 2009

• Scott Elliott: Black students doing better in the South

July 7, 2009

• Editorial: Rules on police/fire diversity change too late for Dayton

July 4, 2009

• Editorial: Fehrenbach was right to confront Obama

June 22, 2009

• Editorial: Baseball's history still has power to connect

June 9, 2009

• Editorial: Sotomayor's hottest decision backs Dayton

June 1, 2009

• Martin Gottlieb: Don't Ask, Don't Tell just put gay issue in the closet

May 13, 2009

• Editorial: Shooting near church is wake-up call

March 3, 2009

• Editorial: Lawsuit didn't fix Dayton's minority hiring problem

January 12, 2009

• Editorial: Cash demand puts Dayton in a tough spot

November 17, 2008

• Editorial: Some good can come from city being sued

November 15, 2008

• Scott Elliott: On historic night, NAACP leader's thoughts are of his mother