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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 2004
Page
8
The Middletown Journal presents its masthead listing founder status from 1857 and current leadership. Publisher Edwina Blackwell Clark, Editor M. David Goodwin, Editorial Page Editor Michael Williams are named.
Editorial condemns Ohio lawmakers at the Butler County Chamber Caucus for not tackling the school funding crisis. It highlights Courtney Combs Shawn Webster Tom Raga and Bill Coley as candid but partisan, notes union blame and budgeting pressures, and urges real reform ahead of 2006 elections and a potential gubernatorial showdown.
The Washington Post argues federal funding for abstinence-only sex education has risen to 167 million this year with a push toward 270 million, while questions remain about program effectiveness and accuracy. The piece urges rigorous evaluation and truthful content, noting declines in teen pregnancy but warning against misleading claims about condoms.
Kenyatta Thigpen known as 40 Kal Yatt stands at a crossroads between a criminal past and steady work delivering pizza while supporting two-year-old Kevion. The profile, drawn from Jason DeParle’s American Dream, follows three welfare recipients in Milwaukee and weighs welfare reform’s impact on Black men, employment, and family stability, noting Ken’s constraint and lessons learned in prison job training.
A reader blasts U S policy and Bush cabinet resignations amid Iraq deaths. The letter questions victory defines and war on terror while criticizing Republican mantras and Christian alignment. It cites school funding debates and media coverage of religion and politics with call for moral accountability.
A brief mailing policy for letters to the editor from The Middletown Journal lists the postal address at 52 S Broad St Middletown Ohio 45044 and directs readers to email letters coxohio com and the website www middletownjournal com/letters with a fax number 513 423 6940 for submissions. The notice provides formatting expectations and contact details for readers wishing to contribute letters to the paper.
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