Monday, January 30, 2017

Trump: Ticking Cardiac Time Bomb

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Senior citizen jogging A news report over the weekend reminded us what is generally well known even if often ignored. Exercise is g...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Kasich Wins with Crossover Vote?

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Screen showing the 35% Democrat-Independent crossover vote       Perhaps the biggest late night revelation about Ohio’s Republican and...
Thursday, March 10, 2016

The Appalling Whiteness

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"If politics is the art of the possible, the scowling, cranky, choleric,  septuagenarian Sanders is a somewhat impossible candid...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Bad Vibes

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Photo by Bo Mohl         As we approach the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the publication of the first volume of ...
Sunday, February 07, 2016

The Republican Debate: Who Goes First?

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Jeb Bush blithely steps on stage while Trump and Carson,  who had previously been announced, stand dumbfounded in the wings.  ...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Building Trouble: 2837 Scioto Trail

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[ In view of the recent indictment of a SOLACE officer, I am reposting a piece I wrote on SOLACE'S connection with the putative anti-dru...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Derek Allen: From Pigwa to Porksmouth

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      Our piggish city manager is at it again. Here is the  overly generous package he received when he was hired in 2013—an annual ...
Sunday, December 06, 2015

Missmanajin' the Dang Sewers

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Iz thare 'nother sity in 'merica that haz more relijion and less moral'ty than Porchmuth, or haz the...
Monday, November 30, 2015

No Building Left Behind 2015

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[ It has been ten years since I coined the phrase "No building left behind" policy of Portsmouth real estate. The two principle ex...
Friday, November 06, 2015

The Carpetbagger: from Piqua to Portsmouth

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      WANTED        The opening sentence of a report in the Portsmouth Daily Times  (PDT) by Frank Lewis posted online on 6 Nov...