Ohio police officers injure several teens and a pregnant woman in...
A 12-year-old being arrested at an Ohio pool. Krystal Dixon and her family planned a day at the nearby pool. She dropped several of the teens and tweens off, then took off to pick up her sister. A few...
View ArticleTime and Global Warming March On, People Stir, 'Grand Oil Party' Must Go
Tick, tick, tick, ...(1896) It's been 119 years since the scientist Svante Arrhenius published his formula for the greenhouse effect, and the idea that the burning of coal, by adding CO2 to the...
View ArticleOH-Sen: The Most Pro-TPP Senator Launches Six Figure Ad Buy Duping Voters...
Want proof that voting for trade deals like the TPP that kill American jobs is just bad politics, especially when you're running for re-election next year? May I present to you U.S. Senator Rob...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Quinnipiac Gives Ted Strickland (D) A 6 Point Lead Over Rob Portman (R)
Here's some encouraging news today: http://www.cleveland.com/... Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, holds a six point advantage over incumbent Republican Sen. Rob Portman for the 2016...
View ArticleCops shoots at family dog, misses and hits 4-year-old girl
If only a well armed mail or newspaper delivery person were present.....The officer was at the doorway when a dog charged at him, Columbus police spokeswoman Denise Alex-Bouzounis said. The officer...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Sherrod Brown (D) Helps Ted Strickland (D) Get Ready To Defeat Rob...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D. OH) in support of former Governor Ted Strickland's (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign: Ted Strickland and I have a lot in common. We were both...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D. PA) Helps Ted Strickland (D) Get Ready To...
Received this e-mail today from my home state U.S. Senator, Bob Casey Jr. (D. PA), in support of former Governor Ted Strickland's (D. OH) U.S. Senate campaign: You know as well as I do that we need to...
View ArticleRepublicans rigged the House through gerrymandering. Democrats can fight back...
States where Democrats could gain from redistricting reform ballot initiatives, with current congressional district countsRepublicans have successfully used redistricting to all but ensure they'll keep...
View ArticleAdd TWO More to the Clown Car: John Kasich & Chris Christie climb in...
John Kasich to announce presidential bid July 21Ohio Gov. John Kasich will jump into the crowded Republican presidential field on July 21 at the student union at his alma mater, The Ohio State...
View ArticleFirst grader stands tall against homophobic street preacher
One of these people is going extinct and he's wearing a microphone on his face Zea is a first grader who was at ComFest—a family-friendly music festival in Columbus Ohio. According to the video...
View ArticleLet's Cube Root... Ohio! (Part II)
Ohio: Now with less jiggery-pokery!I'm pressing forward with this map because I will be on vacation with my kids next week in New Orleans and Fort Walton Beach.
View ArticleAlmost 200 years ago, Michigan and Ohio fought a war—and Wisconsin lost
(click to enlarge)In the 1750s, an American physician-cum-botanist named John Mitchell, despite living in Britain at the time and possessing no training as a geographer, nevertheless produced one of...
View Article"Judge" won't serve the community, won't quit either
Somebody named Allen McConnell claims to be a judge in a court in Toledo that performs marriages. But he won't marry people whose marriage he disapproves of. Here's his alibi:"On Monday, July 6, I...
View ArticleUniversity covers up the C-word on their mass communications center signs
Central State University appears to be re-naming their communications building Central State University in Ohio has temporarily covered Bill Cosby's name:Central State University is taking its first...
View ArticleOhio wants to drop Medicaid patients who can't pay into savings account
Gov. John Kasich, just another "compassionate" conservative. Ohio's Republican leaders accepted Medicaid expansion, but now they want to add a provision to punish the poors that could be signing...
View ArticleBad samaritan faces criminal charges
Just when you think you've seen and heard it all, something new pops up to make you wonder if human progress is a real thing or merely our self-flattering delusion. This case in Lorain, Ohio is one of...
View ArticleNorthwest Ohio Judge defies Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling and...
Toledo Municipal Judge Allen McConnell recently refused to marry two women as required by the recent Supreme Court Marriage Equality ruling.“On Monday, July 6, I declined to marry a non-traditional...
View ArticleThis week in the war on workers: California cheerleaders get workplace rights
Oh, hey, look: California passed a law saying that cheerleaders for professional sports teams deserve the same legal rights as other people who do work for profitable businesses.[Gov. Jerry] Brown...
View ArticleJohn Kasich's school choice director resigns after altering charter school...
David Hansen, director of school choice for the Ohio Department of Education resigned Saturday after admitting he left some F grades off evaluations of charter school sponsors.Hansen said he felt the F...
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