Cover Story: Stuck in the Middle With You
(Click here for images and complete TABD coverage.) Three times on Nov. 17 I found myself surrounded and detained by police. A journalist amidst a group of protesters, I stood facing cops in full riot gear with nightsticks drawn and rifles out and ready. The worst was that night at Union Terminal. Things seemed peaceful…
Cincinnati’s favorite Country outlaw talks music, movies and whup-ass
Dallas Moore Locals OnlyDallas Moore and his band, the Snatch Wranglers (Bobby Lee on drums and vocals; Chuck Morpurgo on guitar; Randy Peak on guitar, harmonica and vocals; and Bob Rutherford on bass and vocals), are categorized as Country. This may cause confusion. Let there be none. Moore isn't the all-artifice, no-artistry Country, the…
Cover Story: Media Coverage: Overall, Better Than Anticipated
(Click here for images and complete TABD coverage.) To many involved in the anti-globalization movement, biased press coverage by the mainstream media has become as much a concern as activities of the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund or Transatlantic Business Dialogue. After all, the nation's major media — daily newspapers, TV stations and networks…
Diner: Free-thinkin’ Dives
Mmm, coffee. I DISCOVERED COFFEE THE SAME WAY AS MOST PEOPLE — BY NECESSITY. LET'S FACE IT, WHEN PULLING AN ALL-NIGHTER IN COLLEGE, A CUPPA JOE WITH UNLIMITED REFILLS MADE MUCH MORE SENSE ECONOMICALLY THAN A DOZEN FOUNTAIN COKES. BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR ME TO COME TO APPRECIATE A GOOD CUP OF…
Cover Story: Inside the Hall of Mirrors
<a "good=""Good" "I'm hopeful that the harmonization of the globalization will prevent the proliferation of trade disputes," said European Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy of France. He actually said that. It doesn't even mean anything. Meanwhile outside, as the kids were getting ready to stick it to The Man and the police were getting ready…
A Table That Looks Like America
Hey-hey, look who's here. Welcome, welcome. Get on in here out of the cold. Good to see you. Let me take your coat. I'm so glad you could join us for Thanksgiving dinner. No, you're absolutely fine, you're right on time. We're just sitting down at the table. Come on in the dining room and…
Where Have All the Negroes Gone?
This wasn't my fight, this Transatlantic Business Dialogue. You know it as TABD. I call it The Association of Big Daddies or, better yet, a group of insanely wealthy white guys controlling how the rest of the world does business. I initially assumed the protesters would be the equivalent of Soccer Moms. You know —…
Cover Story: Radical Crossover
(Click here for images and complete TABD coverage.) Ah, the radical left in all its disheveled glory! The best thing about the TABD corporate confab in Cincinnati is the accompaniment of protest that provided some color and energy to our staid streets. But away from the crowd — and the cops — protesters put their…
Critics Picks: Can We Talk?
Mischa Santora Mischa Santora is between appointments. The young conductor has a lot on his mind, and he's only able to give me 20 minutes of his tightly scheduled time for an interview. Santora's voice on the telephone is deep, accented by the sounds of his European roots: His Hungarian parents raised him in…
