Brent Larkin

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.

Business as usual in Cleveland would be to toss the Browns enough bones to extend their lakefront lease another 30 years. Reaching that outcome won’t require much leadership. Nor will it take any act of meaningful commitment to Cleveland by Jimmy and Dee Haslam. If the Browns stay put, I’ll be back with some more columns on this issue when the lease expires in 2058, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

The Browns have less leverage in any discussion of a domed stadium than they think. They’ve often seemed tone-deaf to public sentiment, and their good-will savings account is empty. If they think the taxpayers will gladly dig deep for a new stadium, they’re wrong, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.

The mean-spirited Cleveland school politics that lay behind gifted Cleveland school superintendent Frederick Holliday’s 1985 suicide eventually disappeared. Fixing a school system ravaged by nearly seven decades of poverty will take a lot longer, writes Brent Larkin in his column today.