My criticism of most 3rd party political campaigns are well known. I see them, personified by the Nader campaigns, as quixotic attempts every four years to show left-wing anger with the Democratic Party but completely lacking any legitimate political strategy, movement-building skills, or long-term plans....
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Ohio leads the nation in swearing. Ohio is also the 5th least courteous state. Personally, I blame William McKinley.
Anyone is going to quibble with a list ranking state signature foods. And I have my quibbles too. First, lobster rolls are awesome. What a lobster roll means is that.
Unlike Sady Doyle, I don't think the incredibly harsh Ohio abortion restrictions are a surprise at all: And yet, Kasich's restrictions are unapologetically out-there. Overnight, the nation's political barometer has become an anti-choice fanatic's wet dream. Anyone seeking an abortion will be forced to submit...
On June 16, 1918, the socialist leader and former head of the American Railway Union Eugene Debs gave a speech in Canton, Ohio, criticizing the United States' actions in World.
1. Montpelier, Ohio decides to arm their school custodians. "Sitting back and doing nothing and hoping it doesn't happen to you is just not good policy anymore. There is a.
Ouch. I do have some optimism for Cleveland, but that map presents a grim picture for the region.
Probably the best thing Obama has going for him in his reelection campaign is that John Kasich so overreached in his union-busting tactics, making the people of Ohio very angry.
Richey Piiparinen at Rust Wire has a really interesting article about reverse gentrification in Cleveland. Basically, in the Rust Belt resident patterns are flipping normal patterns. With a declining population.
Last May, djw and I went to the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus to see the exhibit "Controversy." In this exhibit, the OHS took 5 of their most disturbing objects and displayed them with minimal interpretation, allowing us to come to our own conclusions about...
A report released by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources links earthquakes in the Youngstown area to fracking. Fracking supporters continue to talk of the practice as safe, but the.
Good Washington Post piece on the dilemma Ohio faces over fracking. People really want jobs. Cities like Canton, Youngstown, and Toledo are suffering. Long-term deindustrialization exacerbated by factory closures since.