A Matter of Opinion

About A Matter of Opinion

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.

Quick news updates by e-mail

Start your workday informed by signing up for our e-mail local news headlines and breaking news alerts. More info.

June 2011

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30

RSS Syndication

XML A Matter of Opinion
XML More 'DDN' feeds

More recent entries

• Editorial: Culture, laws on pensions need to be reformed
• Editorial: Progress against crime transcends left-right debate
• Editorial: Book, not about Widmer, stirs thoughts on that case
• Editorial: Prison is not West Dayton's only concern
• Editorial: Cheap beer sales bring out drunks
• Editorial: West Dayton doesn't deserve threats
• Editorial: Prison alternatives can be better bet
• Ellen Belcher: B-creek may face RTA riders in court
• Editorial: B-creek vote against RTA embarrassing
• Guest column: As tests improve, Dayton will get better police force
• More entries...

Archives

• June 14, 2011
• June 11, 2011
• June 10, 2011
• June 9, 2011
• June 8, 2011
• June 7, 2011
• June 6, 2011
• More archives...

Home > Blogs > A Matter of Opinion > Archives > Law Enforcement and Public Safety category

Law Enforcement and Public Safety

June 14, 2011

• Editorial: Culture, laws on pensions need to be reformed

May 27, 2011

• Editorial: Progress against crime transcends left-right debate

May 13, 2011

• Editorial: Book, not about Widmer, stirs thoughts on that case

April 27, 2011

• Editorial: Prison is not West Dayton's only concern

April 23, 2011

• Editorial: Cheap beer sales bring out drunks

April 16, 2011

• Editorial: West Dayton doesn't deserve threats

April 11, 2011

• Editorial: Prison alternatives can be better bet

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 25, 2011

• Editorial: State can't be bully in talks about prison

March 18, 2011

• Editorial: Lower test standard was least-worst option

March 17, 2011

• Editorial: Forcing local tax increases not solution

March 6, 2011

• Ellen Belcher: Voters may have to pick management or labor

March 4, 2011

• Editorial: Some critics not out to kill bargaining bill

March 1, 2011

• Editorial: Highway patrol finding money a bit too easily?

February 27, 2011

• Editorial: Ohio has to get new bargaining law right

February 21, 2011

• Editorial: Spisak kept adding more claims to infamy

February 20, 2011

• Ellen Belcher: Ohio, its unions have long been in denial
• Editorial: Kasich, GOP need fair, workable balance

February 17, 2011

• Martin Gottlieb: Kasich gives lesson on how to behave

January 30, 2011

• Editorial: Pension rules can change, still be fair

January 23, 2011

• Ellen Belcher: Ready or not, government being reset

January 18, 2011

• Editorial: Supreme Court has different view than cities

January 8, 2011

• Editorial: Region needs to get ahead of state cuts

December 21, 2010

• Editorial: Coroner can do 3 jobs? Hard to believe

December 14, 2010

• Editorial: Do you need right to pack heat in bars?

December 13, 2010

• Editorial: Kasich right that labor law is too one-sided

November 30, 2010

• Editorial: Lame-duck session can't duck everything

November 22, 2010

• Editorial: Floor collapse has lessons for students, UD alike

November 21, 2010

• Ellen Belcher: Oregon District's vitality isn't tapped out

November 19, 2010

• Editorial:Terrorists are the enemy, not screeners

November 17, 2010

• Editorial: Get facts right in gruesome microwave case

November 14, 2010

• Editorial: Strickland should free Roger Dean Gillispie

November 8, 2010

• Editorial: Painful cuts will hurt more if people wait

October 27, 2010

• Editorial: Worst illegal drivers can't get off the hook

September 27, 2010

• Editorial: Case for Cordray overwhelming

September 11, 2010

• Editorial: New driving laws could save more Ohioans

September 10, 2010

• Editorial: Animal ban makes sense for Ohio

September 8, 2010

• Editorial: Kids who walk to school can be kept safe
• Editorial: Xenia shows the wrong way for budget fights

August 12, 2010

• Sheriff Phil Plummer: Criticism of sheriff's office incorrect and misleading

August 8, 2010

• Ellen Belcher: How badly can we do law enforcement?

August 5, 2010

• Editorial: Counseling can get women killed

July 31, 2010

• Editorial: Ohio can't keep locking everyone up

July 17, 2010

• Editorial: Ohio should force counties to cooperate

July 3, 2010

• Kevin Riley: State pension system must change

June 22, 2010

• Guest column: Judge was correct to step aside in death penalty case

June 8, 2010

• Editorial: Dayton has to get blacks to take test

June 3, 2010

• Editorial: Cops know speeders when they see them

May 26, 2010

• Editorial: Family ties make county look too cozy

May 21, 2010

• Editorial: Ohio execution rate shouldn't be rising

May 20, 2010

• Editorial: Can Judge Wagner sit out death-penatly cases?

May 13, 2010

• Editorial: Homeless fuss didn't have to happen

May 12, 2010

• Editorial: Wildlife officers being hunted too hard

May 7, 2010

• Guest column: Public-employee pensions gobbling up tax revenues

May 3, 2010

• Editorial: Strickland gives inmates too much rope

April 28, 2010

• Editorial: Some good came from missing mom case

March 18, 2010

• Editorial: Cameras can catch speeders, increase safety

March 13, 2010

• Editorial: Huber court video cheats defendants

February 16, 2010

• Guest column: Long-term plan is reducing homelessness in Dayton

February 12, 2010

• Editorial: New late fee for licenses is over the top

February 11, 2010

• Martin Gottlieb: Underage sex slavery is very real in Ohio

January 21, 2010

• Editorial: 911 calls should be available for public scrutiny

January 20, 2010

• Editorial: Dayton police need Hispanics on their side

January 15, 2010

• Martin Gottlieb: Nazi transvestite murder case just keeps going

January 14, 2010

• Editorial: Plummer's case doesn't add up

January 13, 2010

• Editorial: Anti-'slavery' law upgrade a good step for Ohio

January 6, 2010

• List should name all serious repeat DUI offenders

December 28, 2009

• Editorial: Police should be slow to shock suspects

December 23, 2009

• Editorial: Your cell phone should be private

November 24, 2009

• Editorial: Razing the trestle might not work

November 20, 2009

• Editorial: Clearcreek Twp. firms should foot water tower bill
• Kevin Riley: Street-smart officers have bright ideas for downtown

November 15, 2009

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

November 12, 2009

• Editorial: Homeless sex offenders can be tracked

November 7, 2009

• Editorial: 2nd regs on strippers were unneeded

November 6, 2009

• Editorial: Pay raises sent all the wrong signals

October 27, 2009

• Editorial: How many police departments are too many?

September 26, 2009

• Editorial: Death penalty too grisly to allow

September 19, 2009

• Editorial: As sex crimes change, so must area police

September 14, 2009

• Editorial: Windstorm's blowback wasn't all bad

September 8, 2009

• Editorial: There's no pill for disease of violence

September 6, 2009

• Ellen Belcher: What if Riordan had said no?

August 29, 2009

• Editorial: Ohio pensions already cost enough

August 10, 2009

• Editorial: Drive and type? That's legal?

August 2, 2009

• Editorial: Layoffs not only option for government

July 29, 2009

• Martin Gottlieb: Rape case ruling clears way for focus on who did it

July 14, 2009

• Editorial: Ban on youth ATV riders would save lives

July 13, 2009

• Editorial: Police should give up on cushy deals

July 7, 2009

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

June 22, 2009

• Editorial: Bar should make changes to judicial poll

June 16, 2009

• Editorial: Xenia could use mental health court

June 15, 2009

• Editorial: Court right that money taints judges

June 12, 2009

• Editorial: Residency ruling bad for Dayton, region

June 9, 2009

• Editorial: AT&T answers on 911 failure insulting
• Editorial: Sotomayor's hottest decision backs Dayton

May 31, 2009

• Editorial: Land lines still safer in an emergency

May 17, 2009

• Editorial: County deserves answers from AT&T

May 13, 2009

• Editorial: Shooting near church is wake-up call

May 10, 2009

• Seeking answers about recent sex cases

April 14, 2009

• Editorial: Two raises a year? Who gets that?

April 10, 2009

• Editorial: Budget-cutting for Dayton far from over

April 7, 2009

• Paul Leonard: Holder right on medical marijuana

March 31, 2009

• Editorial: AT&T's answers regarding 911 are poor

March 27, 2009

• Editorial: Sheriff has to own up to 911 debacle

March 14, 2009

• Editorial: Sexting teens are flirting with a felony

February 28, 2009

• Editorial: It's time for Ohio to end the death penalty

February 8, 2009

• Editorial: No need to 'do the time' for minor crimes

February 6, 2009

• Editorial: 'Truth-in-sentencing' shouldn't be fad

January 17, 2009

• Editorial: Court sets wrong bar on public records

January 10, 2009

• Editorial: Tough laws, peer pressure can curb DUI

September 13, 2008

• Editorial: Ohio could have executed the wrong man
• Death penalty defense: Too fat to die?

September 12, 2008

• Scott Elliott: Despite the facts, parents can't stop hovering

August 21, 2007

• Belcher responds on Kettering/911

August 17, 2007

• Not the Kettering Council of old