Brent Larkin

If Donald Trump tells Ohio's MAGA base to vote for Vivek Ramaswamy for governor, they will vote for Vivek Ramaswamy. No thinking allowed, writes Brent Larkin today.

“There ought to be a statue of him in Collinwood,” Jim Rokakis, a former Cleveland City Council colleague of Michael Polensek's said of the longtime Collinwood councilmember, Brent Larkin writes today. Added Rokakis: “His longevity makes him the Joe DiMaggio of Cleveland politics. It’s a record that will never be broken.”

Ten years from now, if the Brook Park project is complete and begins attracting shows, concerts and other events that would otherwise be downtown, the blame-placing will be enormous, changing forever the way some people are remembered. The fact that civic and corporate leaders aren’t now sounding the alarm will be viewed as another defining moment in Cleveland’s decline, writes Brent Larkin today.

Donald Trump, JD Vance, insurance lobbyists, Chamber of Commerce types and gun manufacturers now own Ohio’s government. The Republicans who work for them better learn to do what they’re told. writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

If Donald Trump is re-elected, it will confirm that Americans are not "better than this," as his campaign is characterized by chaos, cruelty and racism, reflecting a moral failure in the country’s political and social values, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

Among officeholders elected statewide, only Gov. Mike DeWine and Sen. Sherrod Brown have acted like responsible leaders, and nonprofits in the city have singled them both out for their help, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

Yes, President Joe Biden is an old man who acts even older. But he’s also a sane and decent man. That so many millions of voters don’t seem to care about that may prove the undoing of us all, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

Donald Trump twice won Ohio by eight percentage points, outcomes that speak volumes about the state’s voters. Another lopsided Trump win in Ohio on Nov. 5 might just result in an Ohio Supreme Court that’s an even bigger threat to the state’s future than its loathsome legislature, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

If Moreno didn’t want Ohioans to know his life story, he should have stuck to buying bitcoin and selling cars. Now he’s put millions of decent and clear-thinking Ohioans in jeopardy of being represented in the U.S. Senate by two stooges for Donald Trump, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

For 25 years, the Browns’ loyal fan base has stuck with this franchise, at times when no one would have blamed them for walking away. Now, Browns ownership has the audacity to demand even more of them. It’s insulting. It’s wrong. It’s a ripoff. Just say no, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.