For more than a year, Citicable's live broadcasts of Cincinnati City Council meetings have included a few vocal citizens ranting against city officials and police officers. But does that mean the c  

Two Hamilton County tax levies -- one to care for neglected and abused children and another for hospital care for the poor -- are up for five-year renewals Nov. 6. Why shouldn't property owners   

Does the arrival of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in Cincinnati mean the time is right for a referendum to guarantee equal rights without regard to sexual orientation? Actually, it means the oppo  

Is this how the prophets sounded? The Rev. Damon Lynch III is swaying as he sits in a pew at 11:20 p.m., a little more than 12 hours after the Sept. 26 verdict acquitting a Cincinnati cop who kil  

Is it any wonder that living in the United States, especially in the Midwest, can be a culturally isolating experience? We only need to speak one language, and we don't even need to speak it very w  

With so many people on the ballot for Cincinnati City Council, will it be hard for interest groups to settle on just nine candidates? Off-year elections are typically dull affairs, sometimes drawin  

If schools teach children that police are their friends, why are so many kids angry at the cops? Nearly 750 people aged 14 to 25 answered questionnaires for the Cincinnati Police-Community Relation  

Why would the victim of a gruesome terrorist attack seek to protect the perpetrator? For nearly a year after his daughter Julie Welch and 167 others were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing, Bud We  

Material wealth, big business -- are they that important? Is the attention we give them going to end up killing us all? In a July 29 lecture at the Imago House in Price Hill, author David Korten su  

Will gays and lesbians save Cincinnati from international embarrassment? The biggest hurdle for people who want to bring the Olympics to Cincinnati in 2012 might not be a matter of hotel capacity o  

Do police officers deserve special treatment? Should they be protected from lawsuits if they beat an innocent person? Should they be prosecuted if they kill someone and then lie about the circumstan  

Where was Charlie Luken's teleprompter when he needed it? The mayor of Cincinnati was on Fountain Square, participating in Unity Day, when he utterly missed his cue. After giving a speech calling f  

How many city workers does it take to fix an escalator? Never mind. First things first. How many city workers does it take to find out who is responsible for fixing an escalator? Fountain Square  

If we're to have a television news anchor for mayor, shouldn't we know what he believes in? You're thinking about Courtis Fuller, the WLWT anchor who has caused such excitement by announcing a run   

Will new rules at Cincinnati City Council stifle public input in an attempt to restore order and decorum? Several months of fiery, obnoxious behavior at council meetings have culminated in Mayor Ch