Leslie Kouba
@lesliekouba.bsky.social
I'm a writer with a laughter addiction and a history of many different lives
Today's column...I would have called it "We Are All We Have - (subtitle) when our government is ripping us apart".
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Our leaders are driving financial, social wedges between us. We must fight back: Leslie Kouba
As wealth inequality reaches historic levels, the growing disconnect between economic classes threatens to permanently alter the social fabric of our nation
www.cleveland.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Today's column...I would have called it "We Are All We Have - (subtitle) when our government is ripping us apart".
www.cleveland.com/columns/2025...
www.cleveland.com/columns/2025...
My Sunday column:
She’s 77, runs marathons and has the heart of a 25-year-old. What’s my excuse? Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
She’s 77, runs marathons and has the heart of a 25-year-old. What’s my excuse? Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
She’s 77, runs marathons and has the heart of a 25-year-old. What’s my excuse? Leslie Kouba
Columnist Leslie Kouba, a self-proclaimed sedentary skeptic of exercise, finds inspiration in 77-year-old marathon runner Jeannie Rice, whose passion and vitality challenge the idea that aging must me...
www.cleveland.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My Sunday column:
She’s 77, runs marathons and has the heart of a 25-year-old. What’s my excuse? Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
She’s 77, runs marathons and has the heart of a 25-year-old. What’s my excuse? Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
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Deport the workers, hire the kids. America’s shameful new labor plan: Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Deport the workers, hire the kids. America’s shameful new labor plan: Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
April 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Deport the workers, hire the kids. America’s shameful new labor plan: Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Deport the workers, hire the kids. America’s shameful new labor plan: Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
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Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.
February 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.
Erased by executive order -- When a government decides who counts as human: Leslie Kouba
Erased by executive order -- When a government decides who counts as human: Leslie Kouba
A government’s erasure of nonbinary identities through executive action is a dangerous step toward broader human rights violations, threatening the fundamental freedoms of all, writes columnist Leslie...
www.cleveland.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Erased by executive order -- When a government decides who counts as human: Leslie Kouba
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As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
February 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
As governor of Illinois, I’ve made it my mission to make our state the best to call home including for our LGBTQ+ community.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves dignity and equality.
Hate has no home here.
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Cleveland voters have short memories – and Joe Jones knows it: Leslie Kouba
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Cleveland voters have short memories – and Joe Jones knows it: Leslie Kouba
Cleveland voters must break the cycle of forgetfulness that allows politicians like City Councilman Joe Jones, with a history of misconduct, to remain in office, writes columnist Leslie Kouba.
www.cleveland.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Cleveland voters have short memories – and Joe Jones knows it: Leslie Kouba
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
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Weekend newsletter posts are rare for me, but I had something on my mind. And when I have something on my mind—you guessed it—I write.
Because I’m a writer.
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Because I’m a writer.
Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing. x M
Pep Talk
Because I'm a Writer
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March 23, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Weekend newsletter posts are rare for me, but I had something on my mind. And when I have something on my mind—you guessed it—I write.
Because I’m a writer.
Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing. x M
Because I’m a writer.
Thank you for reading, sharing, and subscribing. x M
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Find the Navalny death hitting at an emotional level I would not have expected. Really one of the most remarkable displays of moral and physical courage of my entire life.
February 17, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Find the Navalny death hitting at an emotional level I would not have expected. Really one of the most remarkable displays of moral and physical courage of my entire life.
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If you joined Bluesky during the Beta, congratulations, you are now officially a Bluesky Elder! You will be assigned a rocking chair, a single cloud to shake a fist at, and a Chesty Gandalf Action Figure and/or Orca pool floatee while supplies last. Enjoy your new, completely inconsequential status!
February 6, 2024 at 11:22 PM
If you joined Bluesky during the Beta, congratulations, you are now officially a Bluesky Elder! You will be assigned a rocking chair, a single cloud to shake a fist at, and a Chesty Gandalf Action Figure and/or Orca pool floatee while supplies last. Enjoy your new, completely inconsequential status!
So Taylor Swift uses her Grammy mic moment for self promotion and a feeble fandom thank you when she could have stood up for women in the arts. Sigh.
February 5, 2024 at 2:37 AM
So Taylor Swift uses her Grammy mic moment for self promotion and a feeble fandom thank you when she could have stood up for women in the arts. Sigh.
For those who Android rather than Apple - this app is the answer for growing a gratitude practice. Highly recommend.
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February 3, 2024 at 3:15 PM
For those who Android rather than Apple - this app is the answer for growing a gratitude practice. Highly recommend.
Bluesky newbie here. Wandering and wondering. So far, my biggest contributions to society have been four beautiful humans and my column with the Cleveland Plain Dealer/cleveland.com. The latter can be found at cleveland.com/staff/lkouba-cleve/posts.html
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cleveland.com
November 28, 2023 at 4:27 PM
Bluesky newbie here. Wandering and wondering. So far, my biggest contributions to society have been four beautiful humans and my column with the Cleveland Plain Dealer/cleveland.com. The latter can be found at cleveland.com/staff/lkouba-cleve/posts.html
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Normally I would have something snarky to say, but at this point everyone needs to take Trump and his team at their word they are laying out the plans for a military dictatorship and fascist violence of the kind that no one in this country has ever experienced. This is explicitly fascism.
Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails
Trump has not spelled out precisely how he might use the military during a second term, although he and his advisers suggest they would have wide latitude to call up units.
apnews.com
November 27, 2023 at 3:50 PM
Normally I would have something snarky to say, but at this point everyone needs to take Trump and his team at their word they are laying out the plans for a military dictatorship and fascist violence of the kind that no one in this country has ever experienced. This is explicitly fascism.