News: Guest Editorial
It's a long way from Cincinnati to Columbia, S.C., so maybe the controversy over flying the Confederate battle flag over the South Carolina state capitol building is none of my damned business. But then again, since the Ku Klux Klan once again reared its ugly hood in the heart of my hometown last month, maybe…
United They Stand, United We Fall
Time Warner and AOL. Exxon and Mobil. GlaxoWellcome and SmithKline Beecham. Chrysler and Daimler-Benz. MCI and Sprint. Whew. In case you haven't been paying attention, corporations worldwide are in the throes of merger and acquisition fever. And, folks, the fever ain't gonna break anytime soon. At least that's what my broker buddies tell me. Don't…
News: All’s Not Quiet on the Western Front
It's a classic, recurring community dispute: Residents in a growing area don't want to live next to another large store with a parking lot. This time, the 80,000-square-foot store in question is planned for 18 acres on Harrison Avenue in Green Township, between Blue Lake Drive and Valley Ridge Road. Owners of the 60 homes…
Zero Parade
Zero Parade Zero Parade are a four-piece, Akron-based band that specializes accessible power Pop, full of tasty melodies, smooth, unique guitar playing and driving back-beats. Though the group's music — displayed gloriously on their self-titled debut album — is akin to the likes of guitar-bands who actually get on the radio these days (Third…
News: Proposed Monroe Mall Spawns Letters, Public Forum, New Group
Opposition to a proposed 1.4 million-square-foot mega-mall between Dayton and Cincinnati is becoming more organized. Opponents have written a steady stream of anti-mall letters, a public forum is on the horizon, and the Alliance for Responsible Growth, with a core group of about 30 people from all over the Tristate, recently formed to oppose the…
Exclusion Zone Excluded; Child Endangerment Defined
Demonstrating her ability to dig deeper than mimicking Dr. Seuss, U.S. District Court Judge Susan J. Dlott last month issued a significant ruling regarding the controversial creation of Cincinnati's "exclusion zones." City Council had enacted ordinances designating areas from which individuals could be excluded and arrested for trespass, if they had previously been arrested for…
Diner: Simply Eclectic
Clifton's Gaslight district is a melting pot of world cuisines: Italian bistros, trendy Mediterranean eateries and several Indian places. But don't think you've had one too many imported brews at Uno's when you step outside and see two burrito places within the same block: You're not imagining things. Habañero, the newest kid on the block…
Cover Story: Let the People Speak
Christopher Witflee Voters in Hamilton County aren't likely to be assuaged by accounts of stadium cost overruns in other communities. Typically, Cincinnatians aren't moved by the lessons of other cities, nor should they assume that overruns on other stadiums excuse the same occurrence in their own community. Between land costs, development costs, construction costs…
Cincinnati Company Helps Organize and Catalogue the Web
The Internet holds a seemingly all-encompassing collection of knowledge and opinion. Servers around the world house volumes of information on every imaginable topic — history, art, science, religion, philosophy, literature, entertainment and how-to-do-anything. But, perhaps because the Internet is so vast, the Web sites that contain a specific piece of information often are frustratingly elusive.…
The Dating
I was sitting in a bar the other evening, sipping a Zinfindel. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a profile of a guy that made me flash back on a guy I lusted after in college, a guy I haven't thought about in ages: Rob Lincoln. I guess he slipped my mind…
Night Music For Sophisticated Listeners
Barbara Brady's pre-Valentine's Day performance on Friday, Feb. 11, called "Neurosis to Nirvana, The Many Faces of Love," was a good second outing for this new singer on the scene. A soloist in the Christ Church Choir downtown, she was featured at The Cabaret, the small club on Sycamore where CCM students get to try…
