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Clowns To Trump: You’re Giving Us A Bad Name
Donald Trump is a clown; a buffoon; a fool. The 2016 election in general and the RNC in Cleveland in particular is a circus. Just ask Comedy Central, which has trucked in its own Daily Show sideshow for the occasion, and whose alum, Steven Colbert, crashed (or “crashed”) the stage of the Q Sunday evening tricked out in his blue fright wig. But a circus is supposed to be fun, and clowns are supposed to be funny. And as a group of Cleveland clowns maintain, in this instance, none of this is the case.
How To Make Your Own Billboard: A Clevelander’s Homegrown Anti-Trump Sign
“If you walk down any protest line, there’s no discourse. It’s just yelling,” says Eric Helms, plausibly the only Clevelander to put up his own billboard in anticipation of the arrival of the Republican National Convention. “No one is listening to each other. Discourse is dead.”
d.a. levy & the Anniversary of the Hough Riots
As the regional headlines mark the 50th anniversary of the Hough Riots, I recall a line in a poem by d.a. levy, observing the madness that erupted from July 18th to July 23rd in East Cleveland... they are looting stores trying to get televisions so they can watch the riots/on the 11 pm news
Journey to the Epicenter of Something: Cleveland Meets RNC
“This is the Johnny Manziel of conventions.” That quip has been ringing in my head, a very Cleveland one-liner shared by a friend a few days before I set off to spend a week at the Republican National Convention.
Airheads in Public Square: Does Cleveland Have The Money for The RNC?
The scene in Public Square was downright idyllic in the hours before the RNC began. As Belt editor Martha Bayne and I lounged on a picnic table in the shade Sunday afternoon, I watched happy kids playing in the new fountains.
Walking to Cleveland: Part four of four
"I don't know, it's just crazy here now it seems," Rick Matisak said as he sat outside a coffee house in Gordon Square in Cleveland. A gentle unease had settled over the city in the days before Donald Trump arrived to claim his nomination.
RNC Watch: A Belt Guide
It's here. The National Security Event known as the Republican National Convention kicks off Monday, [...]
Remembering Hough, Fifty Years Later
On a humid Thursday night, Clevelanders packed into The Happy Dog, a bar and hot dog joint on the east side of city. They ordered beers and searched for stools.
What’s A University For? Case Western Suddenly Shuts Down To House Riot Police
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) prides itself on being the leading research university in Northeast Ohio. [...]
Walking to Cleveland: Part three of four
I stayed in Toledo an extra day to attend a Black Lives Matter rally but I wasn't sure I was going to make it. I thought I might be spending the night in the hospital.
Walking to Cleveland: Part two of four
I want to believe people are good. And for the most part, as I walk from Detroit to Cleveland, they have been good to me.
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