Ohio can't afford Vivek Ramaswamy's scams
Ramaswamy built his fortune on ventures that enriched him while leaving investors holding losses, then moved his own company out of Ohio before running to lead it.
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If Ohio’s the election ‘gold standard,’ why are lawmakers going for desperate, duplicative changes?
Ramaswamy and GOP lawmakers introduced a constitutional amendment duplicating Ohio's 2023 voter ID law, fast-tracking it to the November ballot.
The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?
Intense storms dump rain faster than soil can absorb it, while rising temperatures evaporate moisture between downpours, creating a paradox of flooding and drought.
You paid for Trump’s tariffs. Corporations get the refund.
Trump’s tariff refunds are going to corporations — not the consumers in Ohio and beyond who got stuck with the higher prices.
The long goodbye — how reconnecting with my dad led to discovering he had Alzheimer’s
After nearly a decade of estrangement, a daughter reconnects with her father only to learn he has Alzheimer's, leading to four years of visits before his death.
As JD Vance and Donald Trump try to gaslight Ohioans about the economy, working families suffer
Years before JD Vance became a cynical shapeshifter willing to say anything for personal ambition and power, he told me…
Ohio gerrymandering set the stage for this shameful travesty and betrayal across America
In the much bandied aphorism, “A society grows great when men plant trees whose shade they know they will never…
Trump had historical markers ripped down in Ohio and across the country
When signs went up at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, following the Orwellian executive order issued by Donald Trump last year…
The race to the bottom
I’ve made my opinion known about gerrymandering and the harm it does to voters, but things have become so blatant…
What is the status of the MAGA movement in Ohio? And what does it mean for the 2026 Election?
According to Newsweek, a record high percentage of Republicans from across the country now identify as part of President Donald…
Ohioans struggle as lawmakers give handouts to billionaires and Trump fixates on a golden ballroom
When you fill up your tank with regular, unleaded gas pushing $5 bucks a gallon or pump diesel into your…
The dark side of Ohio's data center boom
The data centers popping up across Ohio and beyond don’t just pollute and raise utility bills — they keep Americans hooked on wars for oil.
Ohio treasurer looking to play musical chairs with statewide office spreads false election hysteria
Ohio’s state treasurer, Robert Sprague, is a term-limited Republican musical chair politician who hopes to grab another statewide seat for…
Ohio Republican state lawmakers still want to rob Ohio voters of fundamental Constitutional power
Ohio Republican lawmakers want to try again to rob voters of our fundamental power over the Ohio Constitution. They haven’t…
Ohio's property tax problem
If you’ve been paying attention anywhere on social media or perhaps have seen people trying to collect signatures for petitions…
Republican Ohio Supreme Court makes Ohio first in nation to allow political endorsements from judges
In a surprise 5-1 ruling, Ohio's Republican-majority Supreme Court scrapped a 70-year ban on judges endorsing political candidates — a decision critics say was made without briefing, public input, or a request from either party in the case.
New perspectives about the voucher wars: Can Ohio and Texas learn from each other?
In another time, we used to often hear the adage that politics and religion don’t mix. But that was then.…
Ohio lawmakers move to put warning labels on social media
A bipartisan Ohio House bill would require warning labels on social media platforms deemed addictive — arriving weeks after a California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for hooking a young user as a child.
JD Vance stumped for a Putin-backed authoritarian white nationalist in Hungary, and lost
JD Vance traveled to Budapest to endorse authoritarian Viktor Orban days before Hungary's election. Voters handed Orban a landslide defeat. A look at Vance's embrace of illiberal democracy and the Thiel-backed New Right vision behind it.
Supreme Court ruling on Colorado conversion therapy case is not a clear win for conservatives
This commentary was originally published by The Conversation . In an 8-1 decision authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme…
