 | 1. | | Reporter’s Requiem
When Edward P. Whelan died in March, he left a legacy of reporting that captures Cleveland in the '70s and '80s.
Issue: May 2013
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 2. | | Work in Progress
As threats to unions spread across the Midwest, Ohio’s organized labor needs to unite to prepare for the next battle.
Issue: April 2013
Category: Talking Points
Author: Connie Schultz
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| 3. | | Inaction Jackson
Frank Jackson will coast to re-election this fall. But given his record, where are the challengers?
Issue: March 2013
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 4. | | True Stories
We need to throw out our tired tales and embrace who we are, why we're here and what we want to become.
Issue: February 2013
Category: Talking Points
Author: Connie Schultz
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| 5. | | Race Results
The presidential election exposed a divide far greater than the tally at the ballot box.
Issue: January 2013
Category: Talking Points
Author: Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs
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| 6. | | Passing of Power
When Cleveland Magazine debuted in 1972, new leaders were stepping up to help an anxious city.
Issue: December 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 7. | | Stress Test
Cleveland’s school levy is big, but overdue. Business and labor, left and right, have united around unprecedented reforms. Will taxpayers join in?
Issue: November 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Erick Trickey
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| 8. | | Port Nowhere
The Port Authority doesn’t deserve a tax increase. It deserves to be dissolved.
Issue: October 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 9. | | Standing for Peace
Amid the power and spectacle of Cleveland's Air Show, we are reminded of the terrible realities of war.
Issue: September 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Philip Metres
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| 10. | | Home Stand
An innovative program could end chronic homelessness in Cleveland by 2020 — with the community's help.
Issue: August 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Dan Moulthrop
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| 11. | | What Are the Odds?
The new Horseshoe Casino is doubling down on Cleveland's long, notorious and clandestine gambling history.
Issue: July 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 12. | | Playing Ball
The Billy Beane of local government is changing the game. All he needs is someone to trade with.
Issue: June 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Dan Mouthrop
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| 13. | | The Enemy is Us
The Jimmy Dimora verdict indicted us all for our indifference and irresponsibility.
Issue: May 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 14. | | Identity Crisis
Cleveland's alter ego as Superman's birthplace is hiding in plain sight. It's time to build a superhero museum and embrace our dork side.
Issue: April 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: John Hitch
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| 15. | | Office Politics
John T. Corrigan wasn’t perfect, but he would’ve raged at his successors’ failure to stop corruption. Voters should demand more from the candidates on March 6.
Issue: March 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 16. | | Change for 100?
Other cities' public markets have become tourist attractions. But in the West Side Market's centennial year, we should celebrate and preserve its authenticity.
Issue: February 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Stuart Warner
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| 17. | | Fast Eddie
Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald got the new government off to a quick start. Now he must negotiate a minefield of issues that could make or break his career.
Issue: January 2012
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 18. | | Write or Wrong
A friend and former editor tells the inside story of Connie Schultz’s resignation from The Plain Dealer.
Issue: December 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Stuart Warner
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| 19. | | Last Call
For 40 years, The Table held court downtown, bustling with celebrity, city lore and camaraderie.
Issue: November 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Michael D. Roberts
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| 20. | | Path to Nowhere
The Towpath should be our region's greatest asset after the lake. But that depends on getting its last links finished — and soon.
Issue: October 2011
Category: Talking Points
Author: Stuart Warner
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