Commentaries, Observations, and Short Essays
Recently there has been some controversy regarding the use of electronic surveillance by various government entities. Here locally, the Village of Elmwood place has been in the news due to their spitting contest with Judge […]
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It is hard to believe that I published a blog article on August 4th, 2011 welcoming the new police Chief to Cincinnati. Now after just over 22 months I am writing another article to say […]
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It is over. The City of Cincinnati has a budget. Not necessarily a good budget. Not necessarily a structurally balanced budget, but a budget non the less. It was an interesting process to watch it […]
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1,321,612! That is a large number. That number represents the total number of Americans killed in war, starting with the revolutionary war. The most were killed in the Civil War, followed by World War II, […]
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The debate continues. The City Manager, the Mayor, and City Council are trying to find ways to close the 35 million dollar budget gap, and they need to do this by June 1, 2013. There […]
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The title of this blog article is appropriate because it seems as if anything thing coming out of City Hall is laughable. It is almost as if they feel the people are slow-witted and cannot […]
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In 1981 Barbara Mandrell introduced a song entitled “I was country when country wasn’t cool“. This song chronicled a shift in the American culture. Before then,m Country or Country and Western music wasn’t listened to […]
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The events of the past week have been very disturbing. Starting Monday with the Boston Marathon bombings and culminating on Friday with the arrest of the second bomber I have witnessed things I have never […]
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