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4 days ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
Even if you’re not a regular viewer of the MSNBC cable news and commentary network – which I am not – you might recall the furor that resulted when, 10 days after the Nov. 5, 2024, election, popular “Morning Joe” hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough visited Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for a sit-down with the president-elect.
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2 weeks ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
One of the first things Donald Trump did upon re-taking the presidency was to fulfill the promises he had made regarding the proliferating diversity, equity and inclusion programs that have been embedded in our universities, government agencies and workplaces over the last four years. On Jan.
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3 weeks ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
There’s a scene in the first-rate newspaper movie “Spotlight” in which Marty Baron, the incoming editor of the Boston Globe, is reading a book while waiting to meet one of his new lieutenants. The guy arrives and asks what he’s reading. “The Curse of the Bambino,” says Baron. “… I’m not really a baseball fan – I’m just trying to get a feel for the city.”Fan or not, I gave him credit for recognizing the perfect way to understand his new city and its people.
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1 month ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
“If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag. But I am not king.”So said the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in reference to Gregory Lee Johnson, the protester who burned the American Flag at the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas. Johnson’s resulting arrest made him the central figure in the Court decision that designated flag-burning as constitutionally protected free speech.
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1 month ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
Barring unforeseen developments, the higher education reform bill now known as Senate Bill 1 will finally get to a vote in the Ohio House this week. It is almost certain to pass after undergoing final debate, followed quickly by Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature, forging it into law. Kudos to State Sen.
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1 month ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
I’ve been hearing lately from people who want to know why the lone local conservative columnist in this section has been largely silent on the subject of Donald Trump since his inauguration. My liberal friends demand to know how I can sit quietly by while he destroys the country; fellow conservatives claim that he’s been simply fulfilling the promises that got him elected, and they want somebody here (me) to support that. I think it’s a little early for either one.
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1 month ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
I have never been in a labor union, and have never been inclined to join one. My first brush with the concept, if not with an actual labor union, came when I was 11 years old and got my first job, delivering newspapers in Hackettstown, New Jersey. We newsboys didn’t work for any specific paper, but for the owner of the local stationery/bookstore, so on our routes, we delivered the wide variety of newspapers then available in the shadow of New York City.
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2 months ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
Three things customarily happen after every Super Bowl:1. Fans and analysts proclaim to be underwhelmed by a game that “wasn’t so super,” likely because no game can live up to the usual two-week saturation buildup. But I generally disagree – these are the two most talented football teams in the world, after all. I find the games entertaining, despite the sad fact that never in 59 years have I had a rooting interest in one. 2.
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2 months ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
CLEVELAND -- Ten years ago, my brother and I traveled to Dallas to watch Ohio State’s football team play Oregon for the national championship. Neither of us had ever witnessed a team we rooted for win a title of any kind, and shouting above the cheers after OSU’s 42-20 victory, Tim turned to me with a grin and said, “So this is what it feels like!”We basked in that good feeling for many months afterward. No such luck this year.
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2 months ago | 
cleveland.com | Ted Diadiun
CLEVELAND -- Based on the evidence gathered over the last four years – the last eight or 12, actually – it seems obvious that two more disparate individuals than Donald Trump and Joe Biden do not exist on the planet. A look at what the former, and once-again current, presidents have been up to over the last few days, however, indicates that in some ways they have more in common than we ever suspected. Take the recent orgy of presidential pardons and commutations. Biden kicked things off Dec.
