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.

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May 25, 2011

• Editorial: Law firm's exit from downtown a double blow

May 8, 2011

• Editorial: NAFTA not at heart of Ohio job loss

April 30, 2011

• Editorial: It's good to have IRG betting on Dayton

April 26, 2011

• Editorial: Appleton ruling shows tough balance at work

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 23, 2011

• Editorial: Kasich's redo turns out well for Dayton

March 16, 2011

• Editorial: B-creek's bias against RTA won't hold up

February 24, 2011

• Editorial: A Chinese plant in Dayton?

February 13, 2011

• Editorial: Penn's Dayton 'racino' has miles to go

February 11, 2011

• Editorial: Dayton's focus on water can pay off in jobs

January 31, 2011

• Editorial: Moraine model may be future for Midwest

December 30, 2010

• Editorial: Chambers have point about ability to pay

December 19, 2010

• Editorial: If Wright-Patt loses mega-contract, Dayton, AF lose

December 9, 2010

• Editorial: GE's strategy is one Dayton especially likes

November 29, 2010

• Ellen Belcher: NCR move still stings Strickland
• Editorial: GE can be super magnet for other jobs
• Editorial: GM plant's reinvention moving fast

November 21, 2010

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

September 24, 2010

• Guest column: Proposed program would train, place workers in high-tech jobs

September 14, 2010

• Editorial: Public needs more info on cancer centers

August 27, 2010

• Kevin Riley: Coalition right to expand focus beyond WPAFB

August 24, 2010

• Editorial: Investors took risk, but does UltraCell owe?

August 13, 2010

• Kevin Riley: People paying attention to updayton's successes

August 11, 2010

• Guest column: Healthy rivers ought to be national and local priority

August 10, 2010

• Editorial: GM plant is not scrap; don't raze it

July 27, 2010

• Editorial: GE expansion can pave way for more wins

July 8, 2010

• Editorial: Wrights still best pick for statue after vote

June 20, 2010

• Kevin Riley: Can Dayton soar with UAV industry?

May 30, 2010

• Ellen Belcher: Foreclosures coming to business property near you

May 25, 2010

• Editorial: Region won WilmerHale the hard way

May 23, 2010

• Editorial: 6 questions about new cancer treatment centers

May 21, 2010

• Kevin Riley: Downtown residents wanted

April 24, 2010

• Kevin Riley: 'There is life after NCR'

April 19, 2010

• Guest column: Fund nurtures ideas that can be potent job engines

March 1, 2010

• Editorial: Train questions fair, but there are answers

February 28, 2010

• Editorial: Dayton airport poised to get even better

February 23, 2010

• Editorial: Twin Valley sale won't fill void

February 14, 2010

• Editorial: NCR's loss still can be Dayton's gain

February 11, 2010

• Guest column: Greene County benefits from efforts of coalition

February 4, 2010

• Guest column: Overall, passenger rail line will be good for Ohio

January 28, 2010

• Editorial: Greene County snubs its best advocate

January 24, 2010

• Editorial: DHL's re-use matters beyond just Wilmington

January 17, 2010

• Kevin Riley: Downtown revitalization has reached critical point

January 15, 2010

• Editorial: CareSource can't skimp on reporting

January 10, 2010

• Guest column: Governments might try cutting fat salaries first

January 1, 2010

• Editorial: Bad years don't define Dayton

December 24, 2009

• Daniel J. Curran: Expansion of UD can turn loss of NCR into solid gain

December 22, 2009

• Martin Gottlieb: '90-minute market's' day comes 25 years later?

December 20, 2009

• Editorial: This is no way to land cancer center

December 9, 2009

• Editorial: Caterpillar's new jobs give nice lift to area

December 3, 2009

• Editorial: Dayton still counting on Third Frontier

November 20, 2009

• Kevin Riley: Street-smart officers have bright ideas for downtown

November 13, 2009

• Ellen Belcher: County won't do well if it stops investing

November 7, 2009

• Editorial: 2nd regs on strippers were unneeded

November 2, 2009

• Editorial: Climate-change regs could spur Ohio to help itself

October 30, 2009

• Editorial: Salaried Delphi retirees getting left out

October 23, 2009

• Kevin Riley: Site selectors tell the good, bad about us

September 25, 2009

• Kevin Riley: All eyes on STEM school

September 11, 2009

• Editorial: Dayton gets hub, now show us the money

August 21, 2009

• Editorial: 'Last Truck' captures a story for our time

August 18, 2009

• Editorial: Who's the right buyer for NCR's Moraine Farm?

August 14, 2009

• Editorial: Helping just NCR workers not enough

August 12, 2009

• Editorial: Wayne, Wyoming might need a new dream

August 10, 2009

• Editorial: New shopping outlet a good use of I-75 corridor

August 4, 2009

• Editorial: NCR layoff stats incomplete or wrong
• Editorial: Clunker offer wrong stimulus effort to stop

July 22, 2009

• Editorial: Air show, expo putting Dayton on map

July 15, 2009

• Editorial: GM gets shot at new life surprisingly fast

July 12, 2009

• Ellen Belcher: Find them jobs, NCR's people will stay

June 30, 2009

• How about this NCR "For Sale" ad?

June 28, 2009

• Editorial: Employees to pay taxes to NCR

June 18, 2009

• Editorial: Nuclear power still has big problems, too

June 14, 2009

• Write your ad for NCR's headquarters

June 11, 2009

• You write 'listing' for NCR's headquarters
• Editorial: NCR's home not a fixer-upper

June 10, 2009

• Ellen Belcher: Will NCR lessen the losses?

June 7, 2009

• Guest Column: How Dayton can keep jobs, attract more
• Guest Column: Focusing on innovation is the better strategy
• Editorial: Rap on Ohio and Dayton costs jobs

June 5, 2009

• Kevin Riley: NCR's Nuti at least owed us honesty

June 4, 2009

• Guest column: 'Real NCR' can't be moved
• Editorial: Stimulus money hard to tie to NCR move to Georgia
• Editorial: Bidding war would've left bad taste, too

June 2, 2009

• Ellen Belcher: NCR fight was over before it started
• Editorial: What's it mean to lose NCR?

June 1, 2009

• Editorial: GM saga gets worse, but could be worse yet

May 24, 2009

• Paul Leonard: Jay Haverstick was passionate about Dayton

May 22, 2009

• Editorial: Judge should let Duke's reopen

May 21, 2009

• Guest column: Ohio must grab aerospace opportunities

May 9, 2009

• Kevin Riley: Wright-Patt is Dayton's best weapon

April 29, 2009

• Editorial: Getting a train-building plant won't be easy

April 19, 2009

• Guest column: Where's debate on Dayton's health care?

April 15, 2009

• Editorial: State's archaic construction ways have shot at good makeover

April 10, 2009

• Kevin Riley: Like you, DDN has to change with the times

April 3, 2009

• Ellen Belcher: Hospitals playing with babies' lives

March 24, 2009

• Can $30 million save the Arcade?

March 23, 2009

• Editorial: 'Cap and trade' is problem for Ohio

February 1, 2009

• Editorial: What will it take to grow NCR here?

January 23, 2009

• Editorial: Region needs to use airport to land jobs