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Saturday, November 27, 2010

The Numbers Game: So Who's Counting?

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The numbers in the  drawing above are those that Portsmouth City Clerk Jo Ann Aeh wrote on the back of the sixty-six  Recall Mayor Murray p...
Monday, November 22, 2010

The Indicted Auditor, the Dragon Lady, the Carpetbagger, the Careless Notary, and Columbo

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"Let me get this straight, Mr. Wisniewski. You say you live in McDermott but because the notary didn't explain you put  y...
Saturday, November 13, 2010

Ruing Home Rule: The Recall of Mayor Murray

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    For some time, Lee Scott has been saying that Portsmouth’s Home Rule charter (which you can find by clicking  online ) is one of the...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

DICKENS PUB: GREAT EXPECTORATIONS

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The  first question to be asked is why  anyone would open an ersatz English pub in the most god-forsaken neighborhood of a chronicall...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

No Ire-ish Need Apply

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Shawnee State University is currently looking for a new Security Chief. Twenty years ago, you could be pretty sure the ...
Monday, September 27, 2010

From the Ku Klux Klan to the Ku Klutz Klan

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The Grand Klutz What does the Portsmouth mayoral election way back in 1923 have to do with the current effort to r...
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Robert Forrey
Retired now, I was born in Boston, Massachusetts, hold B.A. and M.A. degrees in English from Wesleyan U. (Conn.) and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale, where I was a Research Associate at the Institute for Social and Policy Studies and a coordinator of a committee that organized international American Studies conferences during the American Bicentennial. From 1989-2006, I taught English at Shawnee State U., in Portsmouth, Ohio, where I was active in the faculty union, the Shawnee Education Association, serving four terms as president. I also served as faculty advisor to the student gay and lesbian group. I have served also as president of the Concerned Citizens of Portmouth and Scioto County, a community action group. My scholarly interests have focused on the American Dream: the Myth and the Realities. I can be reached at rforr1@roadrunner.com A selection of my poems can be found at http://xpalidosis.blogspot.com The original contents of all blogs on this site are copyrighted @.
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