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Nipples While walking through Carew Tower after lunch Wednesday, we passed the Express store. "When did it become acceptable for mannequins to have nipples?," my friend asked. I wasn't really sure, though I think it might have had something to do with the Sex and the City episode last year about our upstanding little friends.…
Mullahs into Moolah
A few weeks ago, the good people at Topps, in a burst of inspiration and creativity, discovered an exciting new, patriotic way to profit from the tragedy of war. With Enduring Freedom Trading Cards. In case you haven't heard about them, the front of each card features a full-color photo of a brave soldier, heroic…
Do as I Say, Not as I Do
Mayor Charlie Luken's first official order of business as "strong mayor" is fraught with double standards. Luken appointed the Rev. Damon Lynch III to Cincinnati Community Action Now (CAN) for political reasons. Lynch is intelligent, articulate and connected to a faction of Negroes — namely the Black United Front — who'll never orbit Luken. And…
Why Are American Cities and Suburbs So Mediocre?
After 50 years of city-building by the numbers, are Americans getting the kind of places they deserve to live in? The answer is yes, according to James Howard Kunstler, a prominent and outspoken critic of American urban design. We live in suburbs hostile to pedestrians, work in buildings not worth saving and get our daily…
Back to Compassion and Other Basics
It all started with plans to watch the premiere of the new season of Absolutely Fabulous, one of my all-time favorite television shows. I had been trying to get my best friend hooked on the show for a couple years, and we had made plans to meet at my apartment for dinner and the show.…
Diner: Food Between Friends
Lisa Bialac When two human beings come together and create a relationship, it's an amazing process, full of mystery and grace. But take that process apart and look at how food factors in, and you'll get a sense of how truly miraculous it is that we aren't all living in separate caves, huddled over…
Community calendar
Clifton Trailside Nature Center at Burnet Woods presents "Trails and Tails Story Hour" at 9:30 a.m. Thursdays through Dec. 27. The program for preschoolers includes nature stories and live animals. Downtown The World's Largest Office Party is from 5-10 p.m. Thursday at the Hyatt Regency. The party, a benefit for the American Cancer Society's Hope…
News: Resegregating the Colleges
Jymi Bolden Jane Anderson says race is an important part of college diversity. The U.S. Sixth Circuit of Appeals, which meets in Cincinnati, hears a case Thursday that could mark the death of affirmative action in higher education — and fuel the birth of a new civil rights movement. The court will determine whether…
How Ohio Invented the World by Curt Dalton
While working for the last three years at the Montgomery County Historical Society, Curt Dalton came across countless interesting things. And then came the yo-yo. "When you find out that your state's responsible for the yo-yo, you just can't let it go if you can help it," he said. He began compiling the most…
Cathy Springfield’s Cry for Help
Cathy Springfield turns visibly excited when she talks about the characteristics of a good arts advocate. Her voice raises a few decibels. She gestures wildly with her hands. Talking with Springfield is a theatrical experience — what one expects from the director of Xavier University's performing arts department. Springfield and Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati Artistic…
