River Vices

Headquarters of Shadow Govt. It has happened gradually and unobtrusively, without most people being aware of it, but over the last half cent...

The May 22nd Portsmouth City Council meeting indicates that the most serious problem in city government may not be corruption but stupidity....

Cadillac Escalade By "Automania" I refer not to the car stereo installation business of that name owned by a Portsmouth city counc...

I n a report in the Daily Times on May 12, 2006, Timothy Loper was quoted as saying about being mayor of Portsmouth, “There’s a lot of busin...

One of the first things I was warned when I traveled in Africa on behalf of the U.S. State Dept. in the 1970s was “Don’t drink the water.” W...

Solicitor David Kuhn Councilman Tim Loper Ohio proudly calls itself the Buckeye State , but since 2000 Ohio has gained an...

Howard Baughman: Caveat Emptor “I thought we were talking about a wood-framed building. We're not. We're talking about a concrete st...

On 18 April 2006, President Bush appointed our former congressman Rob Portman to be the new head of Office of Management and Budget. Like Ji...

Portsmouth sometimes seems trapped in a vicious cycle of crime and corruption. At least one survey revealed that Portsmouth is the second mo...