• Thankful for turkey, gravy and Cain Park
Despite the collapse of our economy and the Cleveland Browns, I have a lot to be thankful for today.

• Let's organize a school funding march
First, the bad news. Gov. Ted Strickland had promised to unveil his plan for school funding reform in early 2009, but last week he announced that he's going to hold more statewide forums first.

• Conceding Barack Obama to the big guys
When I arrived at work on Nov. 6, two days after the presidential election, furious messages jammed my voice mail.

• Still fed up over school funding
Dear new state representatives and state senators: