A Fast Food Eulogy
Ah, Dave Thomas. We hardly knew ye. Yours was a life filled with bad ties and square hamburgers. How will your legacy stack up to the great fast-food mascots of history? As far back as I can remember, you were the face of Wendy's. Oh sure, we had that interesting but highly overrated "Where's the…
Loving to Hate Our Morning Arts Messenger
On some subconscious level, Bill Seitz must love The Cincinnati Enquirer. He talks about it passionately, criticizing its arts coverage with the fire of a Baptist preacher. Just mention The Enquirer, and you'll get Seitz rambling for a good 15 minutes. You have to really care about something to spend so much time criticizing it.…
Community calendar
Downtown Nikki Giovanni presents a poetry reading at the main branch of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County at 2:30 p.m.Saturday. Admission is free For more information, call 513-369-6945. Over-The-Rhine The Over-The-Rhine Soup Kitchen seeks volunteers to cook, serve and share with homeless individuals. For more information, call 513-541-7757. Community Council Meetings Bond…
News: Women’s Work
Jymi Bolden Alice Schneider Cincinnati City Council has just two women, and the Hamilton County Commission has a big fat zero. But the Cincinnati Women's Political Caucus (CWPC) has more than 200 members who believe it's time that changed. Formed to help women and those interested in the issues that affect women and children…
Minute Rice
National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice has been all but ignored by black-owned media. Why's that? It's the R word: "Republican." Between us Negroes, the phrase "black Republican" is more than an oxymoron. A black Republican must be a sell out and a self-hating wannabe reeking to high heaven of allegiance to the enemy. Being a…
Will the Freedom Center Tell the Whole Truth?
These days, the Underground Railroad is widely considered a heroic effort to bring slaves to freedom. But it wasn't always a one-way trip, nor always supported by most Americans, according to sociologist Dr. James W. Loewen, who taught at the University of Vermont for 20 years and has written a number of history books. Most…
An Aspirin a Day Keeps the Doctor Away?
It's common medical advice. Almost every traditional doctor tells almost every patient that the way to prevent cardiovascular events is to take one or two baby aspirin a day. Studies show that aspirin thins the blood and reduces the number of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events. It couldn't hurt you, of course —…
Whirlygig: 11
Armrest saga There's a girl in my office my boss thinks is trying to put the moves on me. One day she asked me to a movie at the Newport on the Levee AMC theaters. She had an extra ticket because her date canceled. I wasn't interested, so I graciously declined. Then it got strange.…
Steve Wilson
Switching between alto and soprano saxophones is as easy for Virginia native and New York-based STEVE WILSON as it is to change gigs as a sideman for Mulgrew Miller, Ralph Peterson or Diane Reeves. Jazz-heads here should thank our lucky horns that Wilson is appearing at The Greenwich with the sultans of Straight Ahead —…
News: Call for Help
Jymi Bolden Cincinnati firefighter Peter Deane began a personal mission last summer to help Hispanic immigrants being robbed in Over-the-Rhine. Cincinnati firefighter Peter Deane wants a phone number for Hispanic immigrants new to the Tristate to call for a little help, and he doesn't mind stepping on a few toes to get it done.…
Diner: The Italian Caper
The click-click sound of my high heels echoes ominously. The only other sound is my heart beating loud enough to wake the dead. I clutch my purse tightly, my mind's eye rifling the contents for potential weapons. I expertly remove the mascara wand without once looking down — a swift jab to the eye will…
