News: Not a Pretty Picture
Jymi Bolden Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Longano addresses jurors in the morgue-photo trial. Taking pictures of dead bodies is not so unusual. Pathologists at the Hamilton County Coroner's Office take photos prior to autopsies. They photograph wound patterns on corpses. They take pictures at death scenes to document the settings. Showing pictures of…
Don’t Let Terror Turn Us into Dorks
Nothing will ever be the same again. Since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, we have entered a new Age of Suspicion. We nervously eye every jet that flies overhead, expecting it to pitch and roll, to dive, to do something. We peer suspiciously at the windshield of every…
Fishing Buds
We always got an early start. Though, in the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that this was at a time in my life when an early start was anything pre-noon. It was also a time in my life when unemployment was not so much an unfortunate temporary condition as an agreeably unhurried lifestyle.…
News: Readin’, Writin’ and Reform
The campaign for Cincinnati City Council and the mayor's race might have center stage, but the vote for the Cincinnati Board of Education could play just as big a role in the city's future. The school board is working on major reforms that backers hope will turn the district into a city asset, instead…
Freedom in a Time of Fear
Will civil liberties suffer as the United States works to improve security from terrorism? Charles Tassell President of Blue Chip Young Republicans The pronouncement of the Orwellian sounding Homeland Security cabinet post sent a chill down my spine. Is there a need? Yes. Is there a desire? Yes. Is there a fear? Yes, and rightly…
Community calendar
Roselawn Integrity Hall recently hosted an awards banquet for Knothole districts 1, 8and 11. Coaches, parents and nearly 200 young people, ages 4 to 14 years, dined and received acknowledgement for winning championships or being runners-up in their respective classes. Covington The 2001 Village Harvest Celebration is from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Saturday and 9…
Obalaye Macharia finally gets his eargasms on disc
Obalaye Macharia inhales the truth and exhales verses. We must label them poetry because there's no word yet invented to describe their aspirations. As a founding member of the artistic order, 144,000, Macharia has burned microphones across the city and country. Life in all its glory — death, birth, racism, sex and the other intangibles…
Are We There Yet, or Is Article 12 Still in the Way?
Does the arrival of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) in Cincinnati mean the time is right for a referendum to guarantee equal rights without regard to sexual orientation? Actually, it means the opposite, according to Bill Bridges, state coordinator for HRC. Activists have a lot of work to do before asking voters to reverse the…
Editorial: A Rush to Judgment
Since the explosion of community outrage in Over-the-Rhine in April, the drive to "get something done" to solve Cincinnati's problems is palpable. Mayor Charlie Luken mobilized Cincinnati Action Now (CAN) with the charge to have recommendations for action by the end of summer. The Over-the-Rhine Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee voted by a slim margin just…
Relationships
I was looking at the personal ads recently, and I'm pleasantly surprised at some of the changes I've seen. Back in my big personal ad days, women tended to emphasize their looks in the ad: petite, blond, brunette, fiery redhead, slim, pretty and so on. Women, it seemed, felt a need to play up their…
Diner: Get In Line
It doesn't take much investigating to discover that business is down for restaurants in Over-the-Rhine. Pick an evening for dinner, and you'll have your choice of tables at most establishments. Six months ago, you needed a reservation or a lot of time. And although none of the restaurants really wants to say it, the thought…
