Former Lyndhurst Mayor Joe Cicero and “inadequate as a human being.” Brent Larkin, the dean of Ohio political writers, described him as aMeet Josh Mandel, a man for our times.Ohio’s former state treasurer is among the . He bills himself as a “Trump warrior” and “the most conservative candidate in the race.” Yet despite years as a career politician, Mandel has always been an elusive species, as the Plain Dealer once wrote.What we do know is that he will soon be appearing on a television near you. Approach with extreme caution.The Making of an Action FigureThere was a time Josh was considered...…Former Lyndhurst Mayor Joe Cicero and “inadequate as a human being.” Brent Larkin, the dean of Ohio political writers, described him as aMeet Josh Mandel, a man for our times.Ohio’s former state treasurer is among the . He bills himself as a “Trump warrior” and “the most conservative candidate in the race.” Yet despite years as a career politician, Mandel has always been an elusive species, as the Plain Dealer once wrote.What we do know is that he will soon be appearing on a television near you. Approach with extreme caution.The Making of an Action FigureThere was a time Josh was considered...WW…

The year was 2017, and the new president wasn’t happy. Though Donald Trump had just won the Electoral College — originally invented to protect slaveholders, quite fittingly – he’d been pummeled in the hearts of America, losing the popular vote by 3 million. To the loathed Hillary Clinton, no less.For a man of his insecurities, it had to be painful. So Trump tried to save face by claiming that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally. Numbers that conveniently assured he was liked the most.His evidence was somewhat lacking. As in he offered not a shred. In fact, study after study had shown...…The year was 2017, and the new president wasn’t happy. Though Donald Trump had just won the Electoral College — originally invented to protect slaveholders, quite fittingly – he’d been pummeled in the hearts of America, losing the popular vote by 3 million. To the loathed Hillary Clinton, no less.For a man of his insecurities, it had to be painful. So Trump tried to save face by claiming that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally. Numbers that conveniently assured he was liked the most.His evidence was somewhat lacking. As in he offered not a shred. In fact, study after study had shown...WW…

This “noble profession,” as cops like to call it, is not for everyone. It asks that you bear witness to humanity at its worst, enduring a carnage and cruelty incumbent in no other job.For Anthony Hines, that became clear on a cold Minneapolis night, when his squad was the first to respond to an accident. Someone blew a red light, rammed another car, then fled into the dark. Left behind were two small children, dead in their car seats.For Dan Hatten, it was the day his training officer went to a JCPenney on a routine shoplifting call. Suspect Phillip Cole decided murder was an acceptable...…This “noble profession,” as cops like to call it, is not for everyone. It asks that you bear witness to humanity at its worst, enduring a carnage and cruelty incumbent in no other job.For Anthony Hines, that became clear on a cold Minneapolis night, when his squad was the first to respond to an accident. Someone blew a red light, rammed another car, then fled into the dark. Left behind were two small children, dead in their car seats.For Dan Hatten, it was the day his training officer went to a JCPenney on a routine shoplifting call. Suspect Phillip Cole decided murder was an acceptable...WW…

Switch to the of this page.It’s one of the most enduring mysteries in Ohio history: What happened to Sen. Rob Portman’s testicles?Now, four years after they were officially declared missing, police have reopened the cold case.Detectives say they were spurred by Portman’s silence over recent events in Washington, D.C., when President Donald Trump ordered peaceful protesters tear-gassed and shot with rubber bullets so he could hold a photo op at St. Mark’s Church.Asked to comment on the violence, Portman simply a reporter, “I’m late for lunch.”Then, after retired Marine General James...…Switch to the of this page.It’s one of the most enduring mysteries in Ohio history: What happened to Sen. Rob Portman’s testicles?Now, four years after they were officially declared missing, police have reopened the cold case.Detectives say they were spurred by Portman’s silence over recent events in Washington, D.C., when President Donald Trump ordered peaceful protesters tear-gassed and shot with rubber bullets so he could hold a photo op at St. Mark’s Church.Asked to comment on the violence, Portman simply a reporter, “I’m late for lunch.”Then, after retired Marine General James...WW…