Tales from the Trail

Throughout the 27 seasons of his legendary talk show, there was a side of Jerry, the liberal Democrat, who was determined to keep a foot in the world of politics.

With Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval having been personally invited by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to visit India, WVXU Senior Political Analyst Howard Wilkinson recounts his time with His Holiness in 1994.

"I made this fair," Rhodes said. And, really, there's no arguing otherwise.

I would wager that there are not many 11-year-old kids in this country who could tell you who General Gouverneur K. Warren was and what role he played in…

Most people who know me well know that I am not just a political junkie who has made a living for decades covering candidates and elections for newspapers…

Over the years, I have walked many a Civil War battlefield, from Gettysburg to Shiloh to Antietam; and, as I walk, I always stop and ponder the "witness…

Winter is upon us and, although I don't know about you, I am not one bit happy about it.How could anyone look forward to winter after struggling through…

It usually starts around Thanksgiving. My Facebook and X accounts light up with friends, near and far, demanding an answer to a single question: Where's the pickle?

The older I get, the more likely it is that I wake up in the morning with aches and pains. I guess that's part of the deal.One of the most frequent,…

Will we know if Joe Biden will be the 46th POTUS on the night of the Nov. 3 election, or will Donald Trump be in place for another four years?Given the…