River Vices

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Marting Brick

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“. . . the  Albrecht- Gampp combination appear to be clowns by comparison. ”                                                        ...
Monday, January 14, 2013

J. Scott Douthat: The Specter of SSU's Anemic Academic Reputation

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“ What Professor Douthat and his students did at the Celebration of Scholarship,  as the photo of him speaking at the Celebration sugg...
Thursday, January 03, 2013

"Portsmouth Boy": James R. Saddler, II [reposted]

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[ In January 13, 2011, I posted the following opinion piece on Richard R. Saddler, II, following his appointment as the council member for W...
Monday, December 31, 2012

Sh*t Heel Jim Kalb

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Depicted above in a Portsmouth sewer is the then redneck  mayor Kalb who in a 2AM  email to me in 2009 wrote that,...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Top Ten Posts of 2012

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The canned party animal Randy Yohe (first on left) kicking up his heels as a can-can dancer.  The Can-Can post had more hits than any o...
Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Snuffy and the Incredible Shrinking Daily Times

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Snuffy is happy to see the incredibly shrinking Portsmouth Daily Times in 2013 will be only four pages two days a week and will feature h...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

WHO KILLS KIDS?

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On-line billboard with names of kids killed in Newtown, Conn. Who Kills Kids? “Death toll in Connecticut sh...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Thick as Thieves

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  Thick as Thieves The appointment by the Portsmouth City Council of fellow council member John Haas to replace Michael Jones...
Thursday, November 29, 2012

A-Marting We Will Go, Again!

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a twinkle in his shifty eyes and a few tricks up his sleeve. . . A-Marting We Will Go, Again! Ho! Ho! Ho...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Paula and the Peacock

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Paula and the Peacock Like Jay Gatsby (born  Gatz ), Paula Broadwell (born  Krantz ), an upwardly mobile Dakotan, raced to the ...
Monday, November 12, 2012

City Manager Search

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                           City Manager Search          The search was thorough as can be, They searched ev’rywheres in the coun...
Thursday, November 08, 2012

Bankruptcity

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Portsmouth, Ohio, home of the bankrupt politicians Having failed at handling their own finances, bankrupt Portsmouth city ...
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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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