The most amazing thing about Cleveland Browns fans is our ability to ignore just about anything that has happened previously, because no matter what evidence exists to the contrary, we convince ourselves that this will be our year. As bad as the Browns have been since their return to the NFL ...
State and local politicians of all stripes owe a debt of gratitude to President Donald Trump. I know that sounds strange, given the Trump administration’s ongoing war in Iran and the president’s plummeting approval numbers — both overall and on key individual issues — with ...
When you reach a certain age, your doctors begin asking the question. Have you had any falls in the last six months? For a long time, the answer was no. It wasn’t that I was graceful and blessed with the balance of a Flying Wallenda. But I was definitely more agile 25 or 30 years ago ...
Happy birthday, America! Despite what some people say, we’re in pretty good shape for 250. But as someone who remembers what seemed like a year-long celebration of our Bicentennial in 1976, it almost seems that this milestone — officially America’s Semiquincentennial — has some folks ...
As expected, outgoing Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced his feelings about the death penalty Tuesday. The two-term governor made it official — he is against capital punishment and wants the state’s General Assembly to abolish the death penalty. If DeWine’s announcement surprised ...
A few weeks ago, a letter to the editor arrived via the Tribune Chronicle’s Virtual Newsroom, through which folks can submit news items, letters, obituaries, tips and sports results — among other things. A lot of readers send letters this way. Others submit via email, some send them through the U.S. mail and some still fax. But something seemed off about this particular letter. It was from a person who called himself “Ron Sadler” and gave a Warren address, but a California telephone area code. That’s not altogether unusual today, but the letter seemed “canned,” almost as ...
