Live-tweeting Obama event in Parma tonight
Haven’t gone to anything live-Obama since February 2008 but now I have a voting-age kid who wants to go – so we are going. I’ll be live-tweeting for BlogHer.com where I’m a Contributing Editor for News...
View ArticleMy Take on Obama Bus Tour Stop in Parma, Ohio
So, it was fun. It wasn’t quite like old times, but maybe that’s a good thing. You can see my photos here and you can read my full blog post here. The teaser: On Thursday evening, July 5, for the first...
View ArticleOn Feagler: Port Tax, Dimora Sentencing and Gun Laws
It went FAST. It will broadcast again tomorrow (Sunday) at 11:30 on WVIZ, then Monday and Tuesday on the Ohio Channel and then the video is posted at this link where you can also find this blurb:...
View ArticleOnly Way to Make Vote Not Matter? Failing to Use It
From my latest at the Civic Commons: I am so radical about voting that I don’t even have a problem with mandatory (also called compulsory) voting. This isn’t new for me and I’m familiar with the...
View ArticleOhio’s Where in the U.S.?
Totally. H/t Kari Bowie Hertel. Awesome awesome status update. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Rob Rogers. Life was so much simpler when I called Connecticut my homestate
View ArticleOhio Statehouse: Kudos to Teachers for Entering the Arena
Love this story in today’s Plain Dealer about how SB5 has led to a record number of teachers or former teachers running for the Ohio statehouse. An excerpt: Fourteen teachers and former teachers –...
View ArticleElection Night 2012 Coverage: From NPR Studios in DC & Live-Chat on the Civic...
Back in 2008, I spent a night in the NPR DC blogger warroom with a bunch of other social media political junkies – here’s one post from that evening. And this year, I’m very excited to again be part of...
View ArticleHelp Me Make Ohio Like New Hampshire
A teaser from a piece I wrote for USAToday.com last week during election night: So rather than watch the tick-tock around the swing states of Virginia, Ohio and Florida, I’m following the record number...
View ArticleJudging Judges
Wow – that is one of those words that if you say it or spell it too many times, it’s not even a word anymore. Here’s a snippet from my latest Civic Commons blog post – stick til the end at the full...
View ArticleLive Chat Thursday (11/15/12) with Cuyahoga County Director of Regional...
Please come join the online live chat tomorrow (Thursday, November 15, 2012) with me and Cuyahoga County Director of Regional Collaboration, Ed Jerse. Many of you may recall that I love live chats, so...
View ArticleEarth to Debe Terhar: Step Down as State Board of Education President
I’ve sent this letter or a very near version of it to every member of the State Board of Education of Ohio, to Governor Kasich and to State Senator Lehner and State Rep. Stebelton who are Ex Officio...
View ArticlePlain Dealer editorial seeks apology from Debe Terhar, State Board of...
Here’s the editorial, published today. Add that to the editorials from the Toledo Blade, the Columbus Dispatch, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Canton Repository among others. By the way, did people...
View ArticlePresident of Ohio’s Board of Education, Debe Terhar, still hasn’t spoken to...
Thought for the weekend: Maybe we’re hearing people drop literary equivalents of bombs – shiny distracting explosive objects – in the midst of debates about complicated issues precisely because the...
View ArticleLTE in PD Today re: Debe Terhar Should Step Down as State Board of Education...
Still haven’t heard back from the governor but I did get a distinctively unprofessional email from State Board of Education member, C. Todd Jones, one of the governor’s appointees (apparently he has a...
View ArticleStatement to Ohio Board of Education February 11, 2013 Meeting
Due to travel and illness, I’m very sorry to be unable to attend this morning’s Ohio Board of Education meeting. I have emailed this statement to every board member, Governor Kasich, J.C. Benton (the...
View ArticleStatement from Ohio Board of Education President, Debe Terhar, on Hitler...
Very very unfortunate for everyone that Debe Terhar did not take the advice of the Anti-Defamation League when it explicitly wrote: As a public figure she should know better. We hope that Ms. Terhar...
View ArticleSanford, New York Doesn’t Need A Ban on Fracking Talk – They Need the Civic...
From my latest: When we’re talking public bodies, who gets to say, “enough’s enough” and then ban public dialogue at a public meeting? This being the United States, intuition might tell you that no one...
View ArticleOhio HB 200 Intrusive, Unconscionable, Unsafe, Inaccurate and UnHealthy Push...
I’d say I’m at a loss for words for how to express my extreme discontent over Ohio House Bill 200 but I’m going to save it for a steady and increasingly louder drumbeat of arguments against it starting...
View ArticleACTION NEEDED TODAY TO PROTECT WOMEN’S HEALTH IN OHIO
From Planned Parenthood Advocates of Ohio: Inspired by Texan Women, please wear RED for Ohio and join us to show Ohio’s Legislature & Governor Kasich that we Stand With Ohio Women beginning at 10...
View ArticleUPDATE: Ohio Legislature’s Caveman Caucus Advances Backwards
Photo by Karen Kasler of the Statehouse News Bureau for Ohio Public Radio and Television. Hattip to 100% Men tumblr. For more about the unconscionable agenda forwarded by these elected officials sworn...
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