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Ed Puskas

Hunter’s pardon was always on the table

“Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honesty is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you” — Billy Joel, “Honesty,” from the 1978 album “52nd Street” I don’t think Billy wrote that song with politics in mind, but he might as well have. As ...

How about some Thanksgiving leftovers?

Let’s hope we’ve all emerged from the annual post-Thanksgiving Day, tryptophan-induced coma by now. Whatever you do today, you don’t want to sleep through The Game. With any luck, the annual grudge match will be over by the middle of the second quarter and Ohio State will be on its ...

Neo-Nazi marchers are not welcome in Ohio

“People … not a big fan.” A friend and I stumbled upon T-shirts featuring that phrase, and we couldn’t resist buying them. Mine eventually disappeared. I believe it suffered the same fate as my favorite red T-shirt paying homage to President Ronald Reagan. By “fate,” I mean that ...

Appreciate the things you once took for granted

It could be your health, watching your children grow and reach their potential or the fun times you had with friends when you were young. There are many things we experience as we age that we wish we could do again. An important one for me was always being around my extended family during the ...

How did Trump and the Republicans do it?

A day after Donald Trump’s improbable comeback from political oblivion, let’s look at how he did it. Two things: First, was it really improbable? Second, did he do it all by himself or did the opposition party assist in handing Trump — perhaps the most polarizing figure in American ...

Let’s hope something changes after Nov. 5

“Only two weeks to go, and then it’s over.” “Only a week to go, and then it’s over.” “Only a few days to go, and then it’s over.” That’s what I keep hearing from a lot of well-intentioned people as we approach Tuesday, Nov. 5. I hate to be a buzz killer, but if ...