Wednesday, February 22 2012 6:14 PM EST2012-02-22 23:14:41 GMT
Well, it's hard to believe it's been so long ago but the nation celebrated the 50th Anniversary this week of John Glenn's historic flight into orbit. Regrettably, the 90-year old former astronaut, U.S. Senator and Ohio's favorite son is not happy with the current state of America's space program and he is right to be concerned.More >>
Wednesday, February 1 2012 6:08 PM EST2012-02-01 23:08:59 GMT
Of all the activist organizations patrolling the nanny-state these days, few can get more annoying or absurd than the animal rights activists - led by PETA - the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.More >>
Thursday, January 26 2012 4:04 PM EST2012-01-26 21:04:44 GMT
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney finally got around to releasing his federal tax returns this week---and the pundits and his political opponents pounced.More >>
Thursday, January 26 2012 3:25 PM EST2012-01-26 20:25:49 GMT
Since we are beginning a new year, I wanted to clear out last year's editorial mailbag and get ready for a new year. So, here are few more comments I wanted to pass along to you.More >>
Wednesday, January 11 2012 4:53 PM EST2012-01-11 21:53:52 GMT
Watching the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination savage one another in the early primaries is a little surreal----because you know that when the dust settles and comes time for the convention, they will all be hugging and high-fiving each other like giddy schoolboys heading off to the senior prom.More >>
Wednesday, January 4 2012 5:16 PM EST2012-01-04 22:16:59 GMT
Faced with tougher new sanctions by the United States and the European union over its nuclear ambitions, Iran has responded now with a display of militant bravado.More >>
Wednesday, December 14 2011 5:26 PM EST2011-12-14 22:26:34 GMT
If you are a football fan you know that Tim Tebow, the unconventional quarterback of the Denver Bronco's, has spent this season not only pulling rabbits out of his hat on the field---but also fending off a storm of criticism about his outward displays of religious devotion.More >>
Wednesday, November 30 2011 6:00 PM EST2011-11-30 23:00:51 GMT
The intervention by big brother in the lives of supposedly free, law-abiding citizens has never seemed more brazen than the recent action by Cuyahoga County case workers to snatch an eight-year old Cleveland Heights boy from his family because he is overweight.More >>
Wednesday, November 23 2011 5:34 PM EST2011-11-23 22:34:43 GMT
Given the events of the last couple of years in Cuyahoga County government, no one should have been surprised to learn that theft and corruption has so permeated the system it has even reached right down into Cleveland Fire Stations.More >>
Friday, November 18 2011 12:23 PM EST2011-11-18 17:23:56 GMT
Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald is a former Mayor of Lakewood so I guess it's no surprise why the current Lakewood Mayor and its city council have agreed to the county's much heralded anti-poaching agreement.More >>
Wednesday, November 2 2011 5:58 PM EDT2011-11-02 21:58:59 GMT
If Issue 2, the measure to limit the bargaining rights of public employee unions, goes down to defeat at the polls next Tuesday, state republicans and Governor Kasich will have only themselves to blame.More >>
Wednesday, October 26 2011 6:57 PM EDT2011-10-26 22:57:30 GMT
It's hard to understand in these tough economic times why any government entity would go out of its way to discourage commerce. But that's exactly what's been going on in Medina Township where local officials continue to hassle Bill Doraty over his balloons.More >>
Wednesday, October 12 2011 8:13 PM EDT2011-10-13 00:13:09 GMT
We could have hoped, I guess, that the role of religious bigotry in American presidential campaigns was retired back in 1960 with the election of a catholic, John F. Kennedy but alas it appears as though we haven't progressed as far as we might wish. More >>
Wednesday, October 12 2011 5:42 PM EDT2011-10-12 21:42:58 GMT
Those of us of a certain age can be forgiven for seeing the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York as - in Yogi Berra's immortal words - "Déjà-vu all over again".More >>
Wednesday, September 21 2011 5:42 PM EDT2011-09-21 21:42:40 GMT
I must have been out to lunch on the day that it happened but sometime in the past few years it became fashionable for a large number of people to demand an increase in taxes.More >>
Wednesday, September 14 2011 6:42 PM EDT2011-09-14 22:42:05 GMT
It's hard to understand why the United States government thinks it's O. K. these days to allow itself to be insulted, disrespected and otherwise pushed around by tin horn dictators like Khadafy in Libya, Chavez in Venezuela and, of course, Ahmadinejad in Iran.More >>
Wednesday, September 14 2011 6:29 PM EDT2011-09-14 22:29:19 GMT
It is becoming abundantly obvious that President Obama's $400 billion jobs program is more about getting him re-elected than it is about creating jobs. More >>
Wednesday, August 31 2011 4:53 PM EDT2011-08-31 20:53:38 GMT
With all of the challenges, both economic and social, that confront northeastern Ohio Mayor Frank Jackson believes that windmills in Lake Erie ought to be a priority. More >>
Wednesday, August 17 2011 4:46 PM EDT2011-08-17 20:46:02 GMT
Serial killer Anthony Sowell was sentenced last week to die for his crimes---the horrific killings of eleven women he had lured to his house of horrors on Imperial Avenue in Cleveland.More >>
Wednesday, August 10 2011 4:11 PM EDT2011-08-10 20:11:42 GMT
Well, it's not often that you will find me in support of President Obama. But I can't help but agree with the administration's condemnation this week of the downgrading of U.S. Credit by Standard and Poor's.More >>
Wednesday, August 3 2011 5:04 PM EDT2011-08-03 21:04:08 GMT
President Obama is trying to take as much credit as he can for the settlement over the debt ceiling but the fact is that he and Congressional Democrats are the big losers in this whole affair. And, they have only themselves to blame. More >>
Wednesday, July 20 2011 4:07 PM EDT2011-07-20 21:07:22 GMT
When the curtain finally falls on the political Kabuki Theater that has been the democratic and republican debate over raising the debt ceiling, one thing will be certain… nothing will have been done to substantially reduce the nation's debt.More >>
Wednesday, July 6 2011 6:27 PM EDT2011-07-06 23:27:49 GMT
The recent decision by the Cleveland Heights City Council to slap a curfew on its Cedar-Lee and Coventry Village neighborhoods was the right course of action regardless of complaints by some civil rights groups. More >>
Wednesday, June 29 2011 7:05 PM EDT2011-06-30 00:05:44 GMT
What's going on in Greece, the world's oldest democracy, offers a disturbing view into what lies in store for other western nations including the United States if we fail to rein in big government spending. More >>
Wednesday, June 29 2011 3:48 PM EDT2011-06-29 20:48:30 GMT
Environmental activists were successful sometime ago in forcing the federal government to destroy the efficiency of toilets and shower heads in the name of water conservation.More >>
Wednesday, June 22 2011 5:09 PM EDT2011-06-22 22:09:41 GMT
It isn't often in these days of partisan politics that you see a public official stray from the party line to do the right thing. But that's exactly what Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has done by asking State Lawmakers to adopt a merit pay plan for school teachers and to remove job seniority as a factor in determining layoffs.More >>
Wednesday, June 8 2011 6:18 PM EDT2011-06-08 23:18:07 GMT
It's hard to believe that New York Representative Anthony Weiner can salvage his career after admitting that he lied to cover-up a lengthy behavior of sending lewd photos and messages to women on the Internet but don't think for a moment that he won't try. More >>
Wednesday, May 25 2011 5:24 PM EDT2011-05-25 22:24:00 GMT
Well, it seems like years and years have passed since voters in Ohio approved the construction of those four casinos in the state and now, with construction only just begun on the Cleveland casino, everything has been halted for who knows how long because of a wild goose chase by Governor John Kasich.More >>
Wednesday, May 25 2011 5:22 PM EDT2011-05-25 22:22:56 GMT
What is it with our peripatetic west side Congressman Dennis Kucinich? I mean, clearly he has that "watch me make a fool of myself again and again" gene.More >>
Wednesday, May 11 2011 5:10 PM EDT2011-05-11 22:10:50 GMT
Both supporters and opponents of the president were unanimous in praising his decision to launch the raid that killed Osama bin Laden---but his most ardent followers on the left had to be swallowing hard when they learned that the intelligence that led to bin Laden undoubtedly came from water-boarding detainees.More >>
Wednesday, May 4 2011 7:52 PM EDT2011-05-05 00:52:07 GMT
Osama bin Laden sleeps with the fishes. Finally, after all this time the mythical monster is nothing more than six feet, four inches of carrion for the hungry of the deep.More >>
Wednesday, April 27 2011 7:33 PM EDT2011-04-28 00:33:45 GMT
Ask anyone who has ever tried to do business in Cleveland and you will hear a horror story of bureaucratic mumbo jumbo and endless delays often involving the political circus that is our city council.More >>
Monday, April 11 2011 6:59 PM EDT2011-04-11 23:59:28 GMT
In places like New York City and most of California, the nanny state is alive and well with local ordinances popping up like posies aimed at protecting us from ourselves.More >>
Wednesday, April 6 2011 5:53 PM EDT2011-04-06 22:53:50 GMT
The timing by the White House was exquisite. On the very day that President Obama formally announced his campaign for re-election his attorney general removed a potentially thorny political obstacle which almost certainly would have been an issue in the campaign.More >>
Thursday, March 24 2011 6:52 AM EDT2011-03-24 10:52:10 GMT
I'm Senator Sherrod Brown responding to Bill Applegate's editorial. When it comes to greenhouse gas, we must address climate change, but do it in a way that invests in Ohio manufacturing jobs.More >>
Wednesday, March 16 2011 6:56 PM EDT2011-03-16 22:56:01 GMT
A move by some members of Congress to cut federal funding for national public radio picked up steam in the past week following yet another scandal - this one involving the head of NPR's fund-raising arm who was caught making disparaging remarks about republicans to men posing as potential donors.More >>
Thursday, March 10 2011 12:30 PM EST2011-03-10 17:30:40 GMT
Hello, my name is Reggie Zeigler. I'm responding to Bill Applegate's recent editorial about the president's plan to give stimulus money to replace our current transit system with new high-speed trains.More >>
Saturday, February 26 2011 6:30 PM EST2011-02-26 23:30:57 GMT
What is it with President Obama and trains? Despite mounting criticism about the feasibility of his plan, the president is pressing ahead to spend some $53 billion on passenger trains and so called high-speed rail projects over the next six years.More >>
Thursday, February 24 2011 7:34 PM EST2011-02-25 00:34:34 GMT
The scene at the state capitol in Madison, Wisconsin this past week - as thousands of union workers protested a plan to cut their benefits - looked a lot like what we saw in the streets of Athens, Greece last year when workers there accustomed to years of socialism objected to similar cuts designed to save that country from bankruptcy.More >>
Monday, February 7 2011 7:07 PM EST2011-02-08 00:07:02 GMT
(WOIO) - I am Tom Gregorich responding to Bill Applegate's Editorial about double dipping. I do not agree with a government policy allowing "double dipping."More >>
Wednesday, February 2 2011 8:11 PM EST2011-02-03 01:11:38 GMT
(WOIO) - To anyone old enough to remember the fall of the Shah of Iran more than 30 years ago, the scene this week in Cairo, Egypt is, as Yogi Berra famously said, "Déjà vu all over again."More >>
Tuesday, February 1 2011 10:13 PM EST2011-02-02 03:13:41 GMT
(WOIO) - Our liberal democratic Senator Sherrod Brown has apparently decided to take the gloves off and attack the American Free Enterprise System head on.More >>
Thursday, January 27 2011 2:58 PM EST2011-01-27 19:58:34 GMT
(WOIO) - The Cleveland Plain Dealer revealed that in an article last week that Mayor Frank Jackson's administration has hired some 27 so-called double dippers since Jackson took office in 2006. More >>
Thursday, January 20 2011 12:47 AM EST2011-01-20 05:47:45 GMT
(WOIO) - Politicians across the nation have cynically tried to link the tragic shootings in Tucson last week to a climate of incivility in our political discourse.More >>
Wednesday, January 12 2011 6:06 PM EST2011-01-12 23:06:36 GMT
(WOIO) - Based on all of the available evidence, 22 year-old Jared Lee Loughner's shooting rampage in Tucson last Saturday was the act of a mentally disturbed man.More >>
Monday, January 10 2011 4:36 PM EST2011-01-10 21:36:36 GMT
(WOIO) - Republicans took control of the House of Representatives this week and almost immediately launched into a 20 day plan to overturn or dismantle much of President Obama's progressive agendaMore >>
Monday, December 27 2010 2:04 PM EST2010-12-27 19:04:06 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Congress has passed the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law opening the way for gays and lesbians to serve openly in the U.S. Armed Forces.More >>
Wednesday, December 22 2010 7:44 PM EST2010-12-23 00:44:38 GMT
(WOIO) - Defeated Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is a bitter man. In remarks to the Plain Dealer that were reminiscent of Richard Nixon's famous "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore" speech after losing the California Governor's race, Strickland blamed us city-slickers in northeast Ohio for helping him lose his re-election bid.More >>
Thursday, December 16 2010 11:39 PM EST2010-12-17 04:39:41 GMT
(WOIO) - If there is any city in the northeast that ought to know how to handle a snowstorm…its Cleveland. But it sure didn't look that way last week when an unusual band of lake-effect parked itself directly over the city and ignited chaos on the streets below.More >>
Saturday, December 11 2010 7:43 PM EST2010-12-12 00:43:12 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The base of the democratic party, its left wing, is hopping mad at President Obama for offering to compromise with the republicans and temporarily extend all of the bush- era tax cuts including those affecting top earners.More >>
Wednesday, December 8 2010 7:56 PM EST2010-12-09 00:56:20 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Forget about what you hear on TV from politicians and pundits about the lofty ideals of bi-partisanship in Congress. The fact is bi-partisanship usually only happens because of the power of horse trading and the power of power.More >>
Monday, December 6 2010 4:54 PM EST2010-12-06 21:54:32 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - By all accounts, air travelers during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend endured the now infamous TSA security pat-down without incident.
Wednesday, December 1 2010 5:37 PM EST2010-12-01 22:37:48 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - President Obama took a good first step to address the nation's federal debt this week when he proposed a two-year pay freeze for federal civilian workers.
Monday, November 15 2010 9:37 PM EST2010-11-16 02:37:07 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The state of Ohio, like much of the nation, went Republican in last week's election but Cuyahoga County trapped in some political version of the movie "Groundhog Day" just keeps re-living it's past.More >>
Wednesday, November 10 2010 6:36 PM EST2010-11-10 23:36:53 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Hello, my name is Mary Dray and I'm responding to Bill Applegate's recent Editorial. I'm an American and I want to give this president a chance. Can we give him more than two years to fix what took eight years to create by the previous administration?More >>
Saturday, November 6 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-11-06 22:30:11 GMT
(WOIO) - Now that the election is over, it's time for the nation's leaders to focus not only on improving the economy but on improving methods to keep us safe from the Islamic terrorists who are determined to kill us.More >>
Thursday, November 4 2010 5:05 PM EDT2010-11-04 21:05:17 GMT
(WOIO) - The wisdom of the American people showed itself once again on election night last Tuesday. In a nationwide vote that when finished looked almost pre-designed, voters elected just enough Republican members of Congress to assure at least partial gridlock in Washington.More >>
Saturday, October 30 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-10-30 23:30:33 GMT
(WOIO) - The lead attorney for indicted County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora created a storm of reaction last week when he told the U.S. District Court that his client can't pay his legal fees.More >>
Monday, October 25 2010 8:30 PM EDT2010-10-26 01:30:29 GMT
(WOIO) - Somewhere back in the early stages of political correctness, it was determined that public signage in places like ATM's and elsewhere in the U.S. should be in Spanish as well as English and also that Mexican-American children in elementary schools ought to be allowed to learn their ABC's in Spanish.
Wednesday, October 20 2010 6:31 PM EDT2010-10-20 23:31:19 GMT
(WOIO) - Old-fashioned political patronage may have been at the heart of the Cuyahoga County corruption scandal but the practice isn't about to lose its popularity among politicians eager to recruit new supporters and reward old ones.More >>
Every time we air one of our Editorials we ask you, the audience, to write and let us know what you think. And you do. Recently, I added my voice to those objecting to congress extending unemployment benefits. More >>
Wednesday, October 6 2010 8:24 PM EDT2010-10-07 01:24:09 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown wrote an op-ed piece for USA Today this week attacking the Tea Party Movement. He said the movement spreads fear and fake populism.More >>
Saturday, October 2 2010 8:05 PM EDT2010-10-03 01:05:25 GMT
(WOIO) - The great recession of 2008/2009 cost a lot of workers their jobs and those who remained employed through this difficult period likely saw little or no pay raises.More >>
Wednesday, September 29 2010 8:03 PM EDT2010-09-30 01:03:57 GMT
(WOIO) - Judging by what took place at a house hearing on Capitol Hill last week, it seems the current Congress is determined to be an embarrassment to those who elected them.More >>
Wednesday, September 29 2010 5:23 PM EDT2010-09-29 22:23:05 GMT
(WOIO) - I am Mark Delorean responding to Bill Applegate's recent editorial. Discrimination is defined as excluding a group from opportunities...it's wrong! Likewise, when pseudo-discrimination is used for a group's enrichment, it's also wrong!More >>
Wednesday, September 22 2010 4:36 PM EDT2010-09-22 21:36:04 GMT
(WOIO) - The federal investigation that has netted County Auditor Frank Russo and others has cost a small fortune and it's possible that what was stolen by them amounts to an even larger fortune.More >>
Thursday, September 16 2010 10:05 AM EDT2010-09-16 15:05:04 GMT
(WOIO) - Every one of us who lives and votes in Cuyahoga County ought to feel ashamed. As the final curtain begins to close on the huge federal corruption scandal, as the leading actors in this awful drama - Frank Russo and Jimmy Dimora - are led off to jail…we must remind ourselves that it was our votes who gave these foxes the keys to the hen house. More >>
Wednesday, September 1 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-09-01 23:30:40 GMT
(WOIO) - Kim Jong–Il, the sociopathic, tin horn dictator of North Korea must really get his jollies by kidnapping dumb Americans who seem to be constantly wandering across his nations god-forsaken borders.More >>
Saturday, August 28 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-08-28 23:30:32 GMT
(WOIO) - This weekend marks the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's awful assault on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Ours being a nation that pays particular attention to the anniversaries of tragic events, there will be every manner of remembrance in the days ahead.More >>
Wednesday, August 25 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-08-25 23:30:40 GMT
(WOIO) - Another example this week of the increasing encroachment of government into people's personal freedoms and it's occurring right here in Cleveland.More >>
Saturday, August 21 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-08-21 23:30:11 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - That good old boys clubhouse…that is the democratic-controlled Cuyahoga County government… may find itself evicted this fall.More >>
Thursday, August 12 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-08-12 23:30:32 GMT
(WOIO) - The United States has an illegal immigrant problem, of that there is no doubt. A porous border to our south, mismanaged by self-serving politicians of both parties, ensures that the issue will worsen before it improves.More >>
Saturday, August 7 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-08-07 23:30:32 GMT
(WOIO) - The picture being painted of Cuyahoga County government over the past two years is that of a culture so corrupt, so riddled with bribery, pay-to-play patronage and cronyism that it literally takes the breath away.More >>
Wednesday, August 4 2010 6:28 PM EDT2010-08-04 23:28:23 GMT
(WOIO) - The ethics charges against legendary New York Congressman Charlie Rangel are an echo of what is at the heart of the corruption investigation here in Cuyahoga County.More >>
Saturday, July 31 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-07-31 23:30:07 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - It was big news this past week, an insurgent web site called Wikileaks released some 90-thousand classified military documents purporting to show the sorry state of America's War in Afghanistan.More >>
Wednesday, July 28 2010 6:47 PM EDT2010-07-28 23:47:28 GMT
(WOIO) - My name is Idalita Raso. I'm responding to Bill Applegate's Editorial "More Free Money." In my opinion, there isn't anything free about this money.More >>
Monday, July 26 2010 3:07 PM EDT2010-07-26 20:07:13 GMT
(WOIO) - The congressional spending spree rolled on this week with yet another deficit busting program, an additional $34 billion for extended unemployment benefits and, also, with much fanfare the president signed the new Financial and Consumer Regulation Bill into lawMore >>
Wednesday, July 21 2010 5:04 PM EDT2010-07-21 22:04:27 GMT
(WOIO) - All of us can be sympathetic with those who are out of work. And, I think most of us would agree that it's appropriate for the federal government to provide unemployment insurance to tide people over.More >>
Wednesday, July 14 2010 6:22 PM EDT2010-07-14 23:22:32 GMT
(WOIO) - In Lebron James, we thought we had a legitimate hometown sports hero, the first since Bernie Kosar. We are so naïve. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves falling for that kind of old-time, misty-eyed Americana.More >>
Saturday, July 10 2010 6:30 PM EDT2010-07-10 23:30:19 GMT
(WOIO) - It is a fact that after this year we won't have those three Cuyahoga County Commissioners to kick around anymore but until then there remains plenty of reason to question their competence.More >>
Wednesday, July 7 2010 8:07 PM EDT2010-07-08 01:07:10 GMT
(WOIO) - The millions of supporters of NASA and the American Space Program who were already mourning the decision by the current administration to scrap most future plans for space travel found themselves outraged this week when they heard NASA's Chief Administrator say that today's top priority for the space agency was to inspire muslims.More >>
Wednesday, June 30 2010 2:38 PM EDT2010-06-30 19:38:19 GMT
(WOIO) - The Ohio Supreme Court, suffering some form of mass hysteria, ruled recently that police don't need radar or any other mechanical device to ticket you for speeding - all they need is their guesstimate of how fast you were going would be sufficient.More >>
Wednesday, June 30 2010 1:24 PM EDT2010-06-30 18:24:10 GMT
Well, the United States is poised to lose a lengthy and very distinguished title. According to a national economic study, China will become the world's biggest manufacturing nation in 2011 next year.More >>
Wednesday, June 23 2010 6:34 PM EDT2010-06-23 23:34:23 GMT
(WOIO) - If you ever needed any proof that Cuyahoga County politicians are more interested in what they want than what citizens want, consider the case of County Recorder Lillian Greene.More >>
Tuesday, June 15 2010 9:48 AM EDT2010-06-15 14:48:06 GMT
(WOIO) - The attention of the nation these days is fixed, not surprisingly, on the oil spill in the Gulf. But what is happening this spring in the world's economies should be of even greater concern.More >>
Wednesday, June 9 2010 7:15 PM EDT2010-06-10 00:15:14 GMT
(WOIO) - Governor Ted Strickland is most interested these days in getting himself re-elected, but when he has a few moments to spare, we recommend he investigate a recent decision by Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce to invest $32B dollars in state pension funds in a bank that currently stands accused of fraud.More >>
Friday, June 4 2010 8:54 AM EDT2010-06-04 13:54:43 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Faced not only with a potential environmental disaster but also a likely political disaster caused by that oil leak in the gulf, President Obama and his staff are trying to - at the very least mitigate the political fallout.More >>
Thursday, May 27 2010 7:04 PM EDT2010-05-28 00:04:32 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - It was quite a scene last week in the nation's capitol. The president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon here on a state visit, and in between dinners, parties and glamorous hobnobbing with the Obama's, used the opportunity while on our very soil to castigate the United States for that controversial illegal immigrant law in Arizona.More >>
Tuesday, May 25 2010 11:09 AM EDT2010-05-25 16:09:28 GMT
(WOIO) - The state of Arizona, by passing a law intended to slow down the flood of illegal immigrants crossing its border from Mexico, has ignited some political firestorm.More >>
Wednesday, April 28 2010 10:35 PM EDT2010-04-29 03:35:15 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Cleveland Schools CEO Eugene Sanders is playing a high-stakes game of chicken with the teachers' union by threatening to lay off 545 teachers this June unless the union makes some concessions on wages and benefits.More >>
Wednesday, April 21 2010 6:00 PM EDT2010-04-21 23:00:19 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The head of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Union and a large number of the police force itself is angry with Police Chief Michael McGgrath and I don't blame them.More >>
Saturday, April 3 2010 6:00 PM EDT2010-04-03 23:00:54 GMT
(WOIO) - There's been a lot of talk recently about economic inequality in the United States and sure enough that inequality is particularly evident in the pay and benefits that government employees receive versus their counterparts in the private sector.More >>
Wednesday, March 31 2010 9:45 PM EDT2010-04-01 02:45:58 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - It was a moment of frightening irony last week when just as the Senate was debating the reconciliation bill that would seal approval of the trillion dollar Obama health care plan, word came that social security had reached the dreaded so-called tipping point.More >>
Saturday, March 27 2010 6:00 PM EDT2010-03-27 22:00:41 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - What was otherwise a little known labor dispute involving a small clothing factory in Cleveland has now become a national story, thanks to the involvement of a Hollywood actor.More >>
Wednesday, March 24 2010 6:00 PM EDT2010-03-24 22:00:40 GMT
(WOIO) - The Obama health care plan, approved by The House last weekend, contains some worthwhile reforms but soon all Americans will learn that those reforms come with a price.More >>
Saturday, March 20 2010 11:29 PM EDT2010-03-21 03:29:39 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - More than a few leprechauns were seen around the streets of Cleveland this past St. Paddy's Day, but it was Cleveland's favorite leprechaun who was making the most mischief on Wednesday from a lectern in Washington, DC.More >>
Saturday, March 13 2010 6:30 PM EST2010-03-13 23:30:50 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Well, there is at least one law which Congress can always be counted on to foist on the American public and that's the law of unintended consequences.More >>
Wednesday, March 10 2010 6:01 PM EST2010-03-10 23:01:08 GMT
(WOIO) - The Westlake police department needs to conduct a thorough, unbiased investigation of what went wrong last Saturday when one of their officers shot a family pet - an eight-year old Labrador named Callaway.More >>
Saturday, February 27 2010 6:31 PM EST2010-02-27 23:31:20 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - In case you haven't noticed, public health advocates and other busybodies who worry about the health and well-being of Americans are no longer content to just criticize the stuff they say is bad for us, they want to tax it, too.More >>
Wednesday, February 24 2010 8:59 PM EST2010-02-25 01:59:05 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - There is a lot of talk in Washington these days about the lack of bipartisanship in Congress. Not surprisingly, the very definition of bipartisanship differs depending on whether you are a Democrat or a Republican.More >>
Monday, February 22 2010 1:17 PM EST2010-02-22 18:17:40 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Hometown radio stations here in the Cleveland area and those across the nation are facing a threat that could put a lot of them out of business - particularly these smaller minority-owned stations.More >>
Thursday, February 18 2010 4:36 PM EST2010-02-18 21:36:37 GMT
(WOIO) - Indiana Senator Evan Bayh said bye-bye this week to his senate seat in Congress shocking both his constituents and his colleagues by announcing he won't run for re-election.More >>
Saturday, February 13 2010 6:06 PM EST2010-02-13 23:06:47 GMT
(WOIO) - The Obama administration and the Democrats in Congress are catching a lot of flack these days for massive spending programs which have led to record deficits.More >>
Wednesday, February 10 2010 6:01 PM EST2010-02-10 23:01:12 GMT
(WOIO) - It's difficult to remember when the political atmosphere in Washington was anymore partisan and divisive than it is today and there are signs that the American people are getting fed up with the result.More >>
Wednesday, February 3 2010 6:01 PM EST2010-02-03 23:01:01 GMT
(WOIO) - President Barack Obama has presented his new 2011 fiscal year budget. A 3.83 trillion dollar spending measure that is so huge, so without precedent, that coupled with existing deficits may actually alter the face of American politics and power in the years to come.More >>
Wednesday, January 20 2010 6:01 PM EST2010-01-20 23:01:29 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - There is a growing backlash in this country against the spread of red-light and speed cameras. Cameras that have been installed by cities and towns - allegedly for reasons of improved safety - but more likely for reasons of increased municipal revenue.More >>
Wednesday, January 13 2010 7:55 PM EST2010-01-14 00:55:02 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The International Airport in Newark was shut down and thrown into chaos last week when the boyfriend of a passenger slipped past security ropes to kiss his friend goodbye. Here in Cleveland, as it turns out, we don't need a security breach to shut down Hopkins...just a small fire on a utility pole.More >>
Wednesday, December 23 2009 6:26 PM EST2009-12-23 23:26:39 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The US Senate this week marched inexorably - though not necessarily honorably - toward approval of a national health care bill that may or may not benefit the majority of Americans.More >>
Saturday, December 12 2009 6:00 PM EST2009-12-12 23:00:52 GMT
(WOIO) - World leaders, scientists and others are gathering in Copenhagen this week for the United Nations climate summit. Nations are expected to agree on a number of steps - necessary or not - to address the issue of global warming. The Obama administration, meanwhile, isn't taking any chances that Congress might not approve whatever the President agrees to in Copenhagen.More >>
Wednesday, December 9 2009 7:38 PM EST2009-12-10 00:38:19 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The circus that is the Copenhagen Climate Summit began this week. The event is attracting hundreds of well-meaning scientists, various and sundry Hollywood notables, more than a few whackos and a legion of hypocritical politicians eager to exploit the fear over climate change.More >>
Wednesday, December 2 2009 10:29 PM EST2009-12-03 03:29:44 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - It was artist Andy Warhol who prophesied thirty years ago that in the future everyone would have their fifteen minutes of fame. It turns out, unfortunately, that the strange little man was right.More >>
Wednesday, November 25 2009 6:08 PM EST2009-11-25 23:08:51 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Lebron James and his corporate sponsor, Nike, want to replace that huge "We Are All Witnesses" billboard across from Quicken Arena with a new one, but Cleveland's design review committee has turned thumbs down on the proposed art work.More >>
Saturday, November 21 2009 6:03 PM EST2009-11-21 23:03:26 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The Obama administration has undertaken its riskiest gamble yet. No, we aren’t talking about the health care plan. We’re referring to the decision by the government to put the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, on trial in a federal court in New York City instead of before a military tribunal.More >>
Wednesday, November 18 2009 6:00 PM EST2009-11-18 23:00:57 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - American women everywhere have good reason this week to be confused and angry after a Federal Advisory panel issued new recommendations that said the current regimen of breast exams is not necessary.More >>
Wednesday, November 11 2009 6:16 PM EST2009-11-11 23:16:01 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - There is a lot of smoke and mirrors being employed by the Army and the White House in the wake of Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. Almost within moments of the attack that killed thirteen American servicemen and women, authorities began characterizing the assault as the act of a deranged officer, a Muslim soldier who had been harassed and who snapped under stress.More >>
Saturday, November 7 2009 6:04 PM EST2009-11-07 23:04:55 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - If the federal government's handling of the current Swine Flu epidemic is any indicator, then the prospect of Washington managing universal health care for all of us ought to incite an epidemic of nervousness. More >>
Wednesday, November 4 2009 6:01 PM EST2009-11-04 23:01:35 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Mark it down folks, Tuesday of this week was an historic day in Ohio and Cuyahoga County. It was the day voters threw off the yoke of one party machine politics in greater Cleveland and also turned away from a nineteenth century superstition about legalized gambling. Hooray for us! More >>
Monday, November 2 2009 11:03 AM EST2009-11-02 16:03:12 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - I'm Dan Gilbert - founder and chairman of Quicken Loans and majority owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers - responding to Bill Applegate's editorial in support of Issue 3. More >>
Wednesday, October 28 2009 6:22 PM EDT2009-10-28 22:22:31 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Never has an election been more important to Cleveland and Cuyahoga County than the one being held next week. You must vote and you must vote'Yes 'on two very crucial issues. More >>
Thursday, October 15 2009 7:17 PM EDT2009-10-16 00:17:55 GMT
Cleveland, OH (WOIO)- The entrenched political power structure in Cuyahoga County is getting nervous. Recent polls and absentee voting levels both indicate that voters are ready to give overwhelming approval next month to Proposition 6. More >>
Thursday, September 24 2009 6:30 PM EDT2009-09-24 23:30:31 GMT
Cleveland, OH (WOIO) - Boy oh Boy, just when you think the news coming out of the Cuyahoga County Corruption investigation couldn't get any worse...it gets worse. More >>
Wednesday, September 16 2009 6:30 PM EDT2009-09-16 23:30:38 GMT
Cleveland, OH (WOIO) - Doctor Toby Cosgrove the CEO of the Cleveland Clinic opened a juicy can of worms recently by telling the New York Times that he would not hire obese people if he could legally get away with it. The Clinic already has a policy preventing the hiring of smokers and Cosgrove was putting obese people in the same category of serious health risks. More >>
Wednesday, September 9 2009 6:46 PM EDT2009-09-09 23:46:41 GMT
Cleveland, OH (WOIO) - What if they held an election and no one came? That would be an apt description for the primary election held on Tuesday of this week. Hardly anyone showed up to vote in the handful of suburban municipal races and the marquee event, the Cleveland Mayoral Primary attracted a woeful turnout of 35-thousand or so. More >>
Wednesday, September 2 2009 7:04 PM EDT2009-09-03 00:04:40 GMT
Cleveland, OH (WOIO) - It's high time that all of us in Ohio who care about both honest government and our wallets pressure the state legislature to appeal the loophole law that allows elected officials to double dip. More >>
Thursday, August 27 2009 10:11 AM EDT2009-08-27 15:11:09 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - With the country still in a deep recession, many Americans have locked up their credit cards and shut down their spending. But in at least one case, that may not be a wise financial move and that case is - cars.More >>
Thursday, August 27 2009 10:09 AM EDT2009-08-27 15:09:44 GMT
It is deeply disturbing to see the West's war against terrorism compromised by politics as in the case in this country with the Attorney General's recent decision to investigate the interrogation methods of CIA agents who are trying to protect us or compromised by money.More >>
Wednesday, August 19 2009 6:31 PM EDT2009-08-19 23:31:45 GMT
The Downtown Cleveland Alliance is a nonprofit program working to promote a dynamic downtown business district. Among other efforts, the alliance fields a cadre of yellow-shirted ambassadors who clean streets and sidewalks of trash and graffiti. More >>
Wednesday, August 12 2009 6:20 PM EDT2009-08-12 23:20:30 GMT
A much needed plan to reform government in Cuyahoga County will appear on the upcoming November ballot, but as you may know, there is also a competing proposal put forth by the County Commissioners which is designed primarily to confuse voters and de-rail the reform plan. More >>
Wednesday, August 5 2009 6:00 PM EDT2009-08-05 23:00:56 GMT
(WOIO) - Two American journalists falsely imprisoned by the rogue regime in North Korea were freed this week after former President Bill Clinton was dispatched to bow and scrape before Dictator Kim Jong Il. More >>
Wednesday, July 29 2009 6:00 PM EDT2009-07-29 23:00:54 GMT
(WOIO) - President Barack Obama suffered a bout of foot-in-mouth disease last week when he tried to come to the defense of a black Harvard professor arrested at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.More >>
Thursday, July 23 2009 10:00 PM EDT2009-07-24 03:00:18 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The three members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners have made it clear - they intend to hang on to their powerful political positions despite any and all attempts to dislodge them.More >>
Thursday, July 16 2009 10:05 AM EDT2009-07-16 15:05:45 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The inner workings and the decision-making mechanisms of the Catholic church - like most religious institutions - are often autocratic and frequently cloaked in secrecy. More >>
Wednesday, July 8 2009 4:57 PM EDT2009-07-08 21:57:32 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - An economic advisor to President Obama, Laura Tyson, said this week that the United States ought to consider approving a second economic stimulus plan - that the $787 billion dollars approved back in February was too little.More >>
Tuesday, July 7 2009 12:02 PM EDT2009-07-07 17:02:50 GMT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - We have said it before in this space and we'll say it again - if the citizens of Cuyahoga County refuse to rise up and rid themselves of our corrupt county government, then what misfortune the future brings is what we deserve.More >>
Wednesday, July 1 2009 7:23 PM EDT2009-07-02 00:23:20 GMT
Beleaguered County Commissioner and Democratic Party boss Jimmy Dimora is not only arrogant in the face of a federal corruption probe but he is also downright audacious.More >>
Saturday, June 27 2009 6:09 PM EDT2009-06-27 23:09:48 GMT
(WOIO) - The brazen arrogance of Cuyahoga County's top elected officials - the ones facing indictment in the current corruption scandal and those who continue to support the ones facing indictment - is absolutely stunning to behold. More >>
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