/tags/james-a-rhodes James A. Rhodes en-US Copyright Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2017-12-16/how-i-became-jim-rhodes-chauffeur-at-the-ohio-state-fair "I made this fair," Rhodes said. And, really, there's no arguing otherwise. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2017-12-16/how-i-became-jim-rhodes-chauffeur-at-the-ohio-state-fair Howard Wilkinson /politics/2019-09-06/ive-heard-it-all-the-best-and-worst-of-jim-rhodes The other day, I was having lunch in downtown Cincinnati with four old friends, all of whom I have known since our days at Ohio University, when we worked… Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2019-09-06/ive-heard-it-all-the-best-and-worst-of-jim-rhodes Howard Wilkinson /politics/2018-04-07/how-bob-taft-learned-being-jim-rhodes-running-mate-was-no-fun Look, we can sit here all day and argue about whether Robert A. Taft II – Bob Taft, as he is known, was a good or bad governor for the state of… Sat, 07 Apr 2018 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2018-04-07/how-bob-taft-learned-being-jim-rhodes-running-mate-was-no-fun Howard Wilkinson /politics/2018-01-20/the-governor-who-feared-mushrooms I traveled Ohio on enough campaign trips with the late governor James A. Rhodes, one of the true characters of Ohio politics, to know that his tastes in… Sat, 20 Jan 2018 10:00:00 GMT /politics/2018-01-20/the-governor-who-feared-mushrooms Howard Wilkinson /politics/2017-09-23/the-day-jim-rhodes-campaign-bus-got-busted-for-speeding One drawback to covering politics for a living is that you end up riding on a lot of campaign buses.I've been a passenger on hundreds of them – some very… Sat, 23 Sep 2017 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2017-09-23/the-day-jim-rhodes-campaign-bus-got-busted-for-speeding Howard Wilkinson /politics/2017-09-02/the-sad-cake-my-first-election-night-as-a-reporter Ed. note: Tales from the Trail is a column that will take you behind the scenes of politics to see some of the funny, and sometimes outright bizarre… Sat, 02 Sep 2017 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2017-09-02/the-sad-cake-my-first-election-night-as-a-reporter Howard Wilkinson /politics/2017-07-29/jim-rhodes-explains-his-rather-limited-world-view Ed. note: Tales from the Trail is a column that will take you behind the scenes of politics to see some of the funny, and sometimes outright bizarre… Sat, 29 Jul 2017 09:00:00 GMT /politics/2017-07-29/jim-rhodes-explains-his-rather-limited-world-view Howard Wilkinson /media/2017-07-13/howard-wilkinsons-tells-tales-from-the-trail Here's a confession about my old friend Howard Wilkinson: Many of his best stories never made the radio, newspaper or web.Yes, he has reported the news… Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:00:00 GMT /media/2017-07-13/howard-wilkinsons-tells-tales-from-the-trail John Kiesewetter /politics/2017-07-13/howard-wilkinson-kicks-off-his-new-column-tales-from-the-trail Howard Wilkinson has been reporting on local, regional and national politics for more than 40 years. He's covered every Ohio governor's race since 1974 as… Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:00:00 GMT /politics/2017-07-13/howard-wilkinson-kicks-off-his-new-column-tales-from-the-trail