The opinion section has several elements and is operated separately from the news-gathering part of the newsroom. It contains fact-based opinions while the rest of the newsroom’s goal is to present facts from multiple sides without bias. Editorials are this newspaper’s opinions on the news of the day as written by editorial page editor Susan Young and assistant editor Tom Groening. Letters to the editor are readers’ reactions to the news of the day.

Columnists are regularly appearing writers who pen their opinions on state, national and world events. Commentaries are readers’ in depth viewpoints on current events. Our political cartoonist George Danby draws and writes the daily political cartoons on local, state, national and world issues. And Other Voices is a daily roundup of editorial excerpts from other newspapers around the world. Please meet our staff, see how easy it is to submit a letter to the editor, and view recent columns and commentaries.