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Ed Puskas

Boom goes the ‘quarter-stick of dynamite’

By the time you read this, America’s 249th birthday will have passed, but — depending on where you live — the fireworks are likely to continue until the neighborhood supply is exhausted. Look, I love America as much as anyone — and probably more than a lot of people these days — and ...

Political violence: We’re better than that, right?

Hours before approximately 2,000 people gathered for “No Kings” rallies in Warren and Youngstown — and many more across Ohio and the United States did the same — a lone gunman dressed up like a police officer and murdered a Minnesota legislator and her husband. In the immediate ...

All should compete, but don’t undermine female athletes

We’re nearing the 40th anniversary of an impressive athletic feat only a few people know about. In fact, I might be the only person involved who remembers it. And when I say “involved,” I don’t mean that the above-mentioned feat was mine, nor my partner in crime’s that day. Even ...

What to do about hate and terrorists

I’ve never understood haters. People who make it their life’s work to demonize and hate others because they look different, speak a different language and have their own belief system always go out of their way to be miserable. It just makes no sense to me on any level. And let’s not ...

What’s on the tube? Lots and lots of cop shows

I’m told there is something wrong with my television. According to someone who knows (read: thinks they know), my TV’s scope is limited. It apparently only gets baseball, basketball, football, cop shows with serial killers and “Gutfield.” This “fact” was presented to me the other ...

Sick or not, it’s fair to examine Joe Biden’s presidency

I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV. I’ve been in front of the camera a handful of times, but because I have the perfect face for radio, only a tiny, unlucky subset of the American people have ever experienced the misfortune of turning on the idiot box and seeing my unkempt look ...