News: Anchors Away
As a boy, Charlie Luken admired civil rights marchers. "When I was 9, my father marched in Selma, Ala., with some of the greatest freedom fighters this country has ever known," he says. "My father and my mother always were involved in marches." But as mayor of Cincinnati, Luken believes Sept. 26 was not…
News: Dead Right
Jymi Bolden Officer Robert Jorg is the second Cincinnati cop in a month to be cleared of killing a suspect. Responsibility for the death of Roger Owensby Jr. lies with police, according to attorney R. Scott Croswell III. "It's the Cincinnati Police Department's fault he died," Croswell said. "No question about it." But a…
Community calendar
Citywide Latin American Culture Fest is at the Museum Center from 12-5 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. For more information, call 513-287-7000. Bond Hill The Lincoln Ware Walking Club meets for its final walk of the season at 9 a.m. Saturday at Integrity Hall. Community Council Meetings Bond Hill Community Council, 7 p.m. the first…
Relationships
I was cleaning up my computer files when I came across this item. I can't believe I wrote this more than six years ago. I cut out a little bit because it was pretty long, but I still believe every word of it. We divas know that women are making it on their own in…
Coping in New York, a Step at a Time
In the days following Sept. 11, I was honestly surprised at the way I avoided all the sadness and loss that surrounded me. At a time when most of my friends were drawn to the television, attending memorial services and generally grieving, I couldn't bring myself to face the reality of what had happened. I…
Boo Coup
I like Halloween. I like it a lot. Largely that's because it's the one day of the year that my sitting around on the front porch in Kiss make-up, hair rollers, a Speedo, leather cape and tittie clamps gorging on Baby Ruths takes on an almost Norman Rockwellian quality. But I also like Halloween because…
Cover Story: Don’t Let Us Down
The clock ticks, bureaucrats meet, people wait, April gets further and further away. Has it really been six months since Cincinnati split apart at the seams, spilling our guts out in front of the whole world? Sadly, it has. And despite the good intentions of meeting hosts, rally organizers and commission panelists, this community…
Diner: Edible Improv
Food is a funny thing. In the hands of a professional chef, it can be a work of art, an epicurean extravaganza of color, smell, texture, taste, a veritable Rembrandt. But sometimes, in the hands of a busy, preoccupied and amateur artist — such as myself — food ends up like something out of a…
Power of One
A Corpse Is a Corpse, of Course, of Course Can someone please explain to me why anyone should be looking at eight years in prison for posing and photographing a corpse? Or why we must spend millions to retrieve the bodies of six men and boys from that Japanese fishing trawler? How about why each…
Liars and Boxers and Mayors! Oh My!
There are few things more painful, hilarious and sad than suffering through the low jinks of candidates' TV commercials during election time. It's just not fair. It's like this: Funny, witty and biting are one thing, but stupid, demeaning and mean-spirited are telling of the character of people who assume we want those qualities…
News: Judging the Judges
If you have a choice for judge of Hamilton County Municipal Court on Tuesday, credit Bill Mallory of the West End, former majority leader of the Ohio House. Ten years ago, Mallory's civil rights lawsuit changed the way we elect municipal judges, setting up districts to improve the possibility for African Americans to take…
Charlie and Courtis Declare Themselves ‘Pro-Art’
I hear the same complaint every election. Friends tell me there have been no pro-arts political candidates since Mayor Roxanne Qualls left Cincinnati City Hall. They grouse that arts issues and support for Cincinnati's cultural institutions receive little or no attention from area politicians. Granted, Cincinnati's arts community does little lobbying to improve its…
News: Old Issue, Young Faces
Hundreds of students missed class Oct. 23 to help launch what some are calling "the new civil rights movement." Not content to relegate issues of racial justice to the CAN (Community Action Now, a committee formed six months ago by the mayor of Cincinnati), students from Taft, Hughes, Purcell-Marian and Walnut Hills high schools and…
