Mansfield Frazier is a native Clevelander and former newspaper editor. His regular column can be seen on CoolCleveland.com. An avid gardener, he resides in the Hough neighborhood of Cleveland with his wife, Brenda, and their two dogs, Zaida and Ginger.
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Coming of Age in the Ghetto
My father stood up to a cop in our neighborhood in the 1950s—and taught me to be a man.... MORE
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California Prisons Overcrowded: Is Flogging the Answer?
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling ordering California to release 46,000 prisoners in order to... MORE
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Trust Me, Dominique, Don't Run
Dominique Strauss-Kahn still has multiple reasons to flee.... MORE
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Florida's Racist New Law
A new Florida rule stops felons from voting long after they've served their time.... MORE
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Loughner and the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
Jared Lee Loughner could soon join the ranks of mentally ill prisoners across the country, if... MORE
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Mother of a 'Monster'
My mentally ill son was sentenced to life without parole for murder, and I couldn’t shed a tear.... MORE
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Ted Williams: My Time with the Homeless Man with the Golden Voice
I met Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice who became a viral sensation, in a... MORE
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Obama's Vick Prison Gambit
By praising Michael Vick's "second chance" after the NFL quarterback served 19 months in prison on... MORE
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Haley Barbour's Racist Remark Was No Mistake
When the Mississippi governor said he didn’t remember the South’s Citizens Councils as being that... MORE
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Ohio's Bizarre Kidnap Murder Mystery
Even after police found a young girl in a man’s basement, it took police nearly a week to discover... MORE
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An Innocent Man Goes Free
Raymond Towler was wrongfully convicted of rape and spent half his life in prison—until DNA... MORE
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Of Course Killer Whales Kill
As tragic as Sea World trainer Dawn Brancheau's death is, nobody should be surprised by it.... MORE
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The Real Cop Killer
Four Washington police officers are dead after a shooting spree Sunday, and the prime suspect—a... MORE
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How Cleveland Enabled a Serial Killer
As finger-pointing intensifies over how a murderer with ties to the mayor went unnoticed for years,... MORE
