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Editorial cartoonist Mike Peters, a Pulitzer Prize winner, is also creator of the Mother Goose & Grimm comic strip. > More cartoons | Open Mike contest: Write your own caption for a Mike Peters cartoon, or vote for your favorite

Here's your chance to help shape downtown Dayton

“Dayton is important even if you live in Tipp City, Beavercreek or Centerville,” said Michael Ervin, who's leading the effort known as the Greater Downtown Plan. The current draft of the plan calls for making the city more bicycle-friendly, and there's a push for creating more downtown housing. The plan will be highlighted in several upcoming “Open Studio” sessions, where Dayton-area residents are encouraged to share their opinions. > Read DDN Editor Kevin Riley's column

Was outburst really about race?
Some people just can’t believe a black man is president and will never accept it, Maureen Dowd says.

Political cartoons
Cartoonists weigh in on today's headlines, including flu season, Obama's school speech, vouchers, Serena Williams, Dick Cheney, John Roberts and more.

Tale for our times
Dayton GM workers tell what it's like to be caught up in economic forces beyond their control in a new documentary.

Have fun with our caption contest
Mike Peters draws a cartoon and you can write a funny caption for it. Or you can vote for your favorite caption supplied by our readers. > How to play

Let’s not coddle our kids so much
11/6/09
Are construction crews blameless for interstate accidents?
11/6/09
Wright brothers’ story still inspires
11/6/09
Fox not credible news organization
11/6/09 | Comments 15
Fox News worthy of our gratitude
11/6/09 | Comments 10
Pitts distorted Limbaugh’s words
11/6/09
Give the ‘geezers’ government IOUs
11/6/09
Seniors becoming helpless targets
11/6/09 | Comments 1
Inmates shouldn’t get flu shots first
11/6/09 | Comments 5
Where’s the outrage for thousands who die every year?
11/5/09 | Comments 13
> Read more Letters to the Editor

Should firefighters get their jobs back?
11/6/09 | Comments 1
Ohio voters said they want safe, affordable food
11/6/09 | Comments 1
Out-of-town gamblers won't stay at no-smoking casinos
11/6/09 | Comments 10
U.S. is addicted to war
11/5/09 | Comments 14
Tobacco money shouldn't go to schools
11/5/09 | Comments 9
Thanks to Pitts for recognizing true beauty
11/5/09 | Comments 1
Timing of H1N1 'emergency' is interesting
11/5/09 | Comments 1
Where are Goldberg's examples of nasty rhetoric?
10/27/09 | Comments 1
Obama and Democrats bring secrecy, not openness
10/27/09 | Comments 9
Why does Dayton have so many managers?
10/27/09 | Comments 4
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