Journalism and Criticism

Getting into the swing

Pro golfer Lee Trevino has said that the Oakmont Country Club is one place where you could play the U.S. Open any day of the week. So it's no surprise that Oakmont will host the open for a record eighth time in June 2007.

'The Memory Keeper's Daughter'

When we are young, many of us have a picture-perfect vision of the path our lives will take, but often circumstances and our own choices nudge us from our path. "You've got to have a golf course that challenges the best golfers in the world.”

Superintendent toughs out critics

John Thompson walks the halls of Greenfield Elementary School with an air of authority, dressed in a finely tailored pinstriped suit and escorted by the principal and a school police officer.

Pet Project

The Strip District animal shelter is so short on space that some dogs are relegated to a bathroom, and the staff uses storage closets to let prospective owners get acquainted with their new pets.

Sopranos Week: I Believe in America

With the final episodes of The Sopranos soon to air on HBO, it’s worth considering where the show fits in the pantheon of great mob stories that have been committed to film. In one self-referential scene, Dr. Melfi (Lorraine Bracco) and …

No holiday for death at morgue

Death, at the risk of stating the obvious, is something that most of us endeavor to avoid, even in conversation. We invent euphemisms to blunt its finality -- "dearly departed" "passed away" and my favorite, "passed from the scene."

Cleveland focus of voucher debate

As Woodland Avenue runs east from downtown Cleveland, office towers, hotels and upscale restaurants give way to liquor stores, boarded-up storefronts and public housing in various states of disrepair in the city’s Fairfax neighborhood.