Ending the Estate Tax: Are the Rich Getting Poorer?
Where does a "compassionate conservative" direct his compassion? President George W. Bush saves his for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion tax cut gives something to everyone, particularly middle- and upper-middle-class families. But his call to repeal the estate tax — which represents $236.2 billion of his tax cut and one…
Sad Story. Sadder Tale
This, as I understand it, is what happened: In early January, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency arrested John and Jane Doe (not their real aliases) of San Francisco, Calif. They were charged with manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine, a powerful, highly addictive drug thatmakesyoutalklikethisbutnot-nearlysoconcisely. The agency also linked the couple to the so-called Mexican Mafia or,…
Relationships
Why do people cheat? It's the one question I am asked the most. For months now I've had a little slip of paper in my purse to remind me to re-address this topic since it seems to come up over and over again. I've been avoiding it, because I wasn't sure I had an answer.…
Curly tales of the city
No Party Poopers Here You just gotta love those silly racists' sense of humor. That's the way Mercy Franciscan at St. John, an Over-the-Rhine social-services agency, is responding to concerns about a fund-raiser featuring WLW talk-show host Bill Cunningham and former Reds owner Marge Schott. Cunningham, blasted last week by a federal judge for racist…
An Opportunity for Change at The Enquirer
Most people know Bill Seitz as a local artist and gallery director for Covington's Carnegie Center. But during the past few months, since his Nov. 15 announcement of a "Petition drive to request an Arts section in The Cincinnati Enquirer," he's become the arts community's most popular messenger. The community's response to his petition has…
Music: Live Lit
Mike Breen Richard Buckner turns to the words of Edgar Lee Masters to record The Hill. Where do you go to find living, breathing literature these days? Does such a thing even exist? Maybe you can find its approximation in bookstores and libraries but, even so, that's print on the page, a rewarding but…
News: Tossed Out
The city of Cincinnati just made recycling a lot more difficult for some residents, effectively requiring them to deliver paper, plastic or metal to the city's recycling center themselves. The city has eliminated a decade-old recycling program for larger apartment buildings and condominiums. About three weeks ago city sanitation workers finished their last round of…
Third World America
Remember back in our school days, the horrific examples of Third World poverty served up to us as proof of the triumph of the American way? Remember our disbelief at Caribbean or African countries, where the electricity came on only sporadically? That could never happen in America, we were told. And we believed it. Remember…
Ensemble gives the Cincinnati Classical scene a shot in the arm
If you ask a Classical music fan, they'll probably tell you there are generally two ways to group the immense volume of 400 or so years of Classical music: There's contemporary music … and then there's everything else. The "everything else" is the music of Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. The beautiful, melodic stuff you hear…
Martin Carthy
Though perhaps not a "household" name in America, Martin Carthy is undoubtedly one of the most influential contemporary Folk artists of the last 40 years. Carthy emerged in the early '60s British Folk revival scene, making a name for himself with his innovative arrangements of traditional Folk songs. Paul Simon was a huge fan,…
Hold Your Applause
At the risk of eliminating myself from ever receiving one, Applause! Magazine's Imagemaker Awards are another example of bestowing kudos on the average. Black folks seem to find it necessary to do this with abundance and with a vengeance. Why is it that we think it's phenomenal when blacks own property, support the arts, are…
Big Bill Morganfield’s Ramblin’ Mind
One listen to singer/guitarist Big Bill Morganfield's new CD, Ramblin' Mind, and you're bound to be convinced that this is a man born to play the Blues. The album offers a variety of bluesy styles from Delta sounds to Swing to Electric Chicago Blues, all expertly performed by Morganfield and a guest list that…
Diner: Tried and True
Coco's is an old friend, for years an employer, a friendly watering hole, and a favorite dining spot. And while I always enjoy my visits, these days they are not as frequent as they used to be. Imagine my surprise when I walked in after a prolonged absence and saw televisions at the bar. The…
Streetbeat
Northern Kentucky The I-71 Project Team has an open house next week on how a light rail system would effect neighborhoods in Greater Cincinnati. Members of the I-71 Project Team will answer questions and listen to concerns from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Northern Kentucky Community Center, 824 Greenup St., Covington. Free shuttle service is…
