I covered a village council meeting the other night for the local newspaper. Some political science class students from Bluffton University were in attendance (as a class assignment). Afterwards, I interviewed one of the students. She said she is from … Continue reading →
I was in a conversation today with a local banker who said he believed the Federal Reserve lowering the interest rate last week was, indeed, tied to the recent emergence of the “inverted yield curve,” which is often the harbinger … Continue reading →
Now that I’m one of the presidents of the United States (I just “declared” that. Why not, huh.), you can count on this not happening again in the aftermath of something like “9/11,” which today happens to be the 18th … Continue reading →
In the last month, among a number of newspaper stories, I did an article about “Alice.” She’s 103 years old. Tremendously spry, and lucid, she was living on her own in a house, until she fell and broke her hip. … Continue reading →
On the way back from my kid’s soccer game in Archbold, Ohio, I stopped at the McDonald’s in Defiance, Ohio, to do a little “populist stumping.” While passing out campaign cards, I got in a conversation with this guy, Jay … Continue reading →
A library “Adult Book Study” in Ada is currently reading this book. I sat in on the group last night for a story for the local newspaper. The crux of the book is that there is a relatively new, elderly … Continue reading →
While other presidential candidates are campaigning across New Hampshire, and such, I’ve decided upon Ohio. Not only because I live here, its a low budget campaign, and so on; but because when you look at presidential politics — if you … Continue reading →
I just wrote a local newspaper article about a special group of students who just graduated with their Masters in Law from Ohio Northern University. They are all from the country of Kosovo. What’s more, one man told me that … Continue reading →
At the Memorial Day Parade in Bluffton yesterday, I took this photo. Most of these guys are Vietnam Vets (there was just one WWII veteran at the event). These guys’ sacrifices can’t be quantified, but it can be honored. And … Continue reading →
During a village council meeting I was covering last night, the village administrator said he’d been contacted by this church about them holding an open-air morning service in the downtown park. Back and forth discussion ensued among the council members … Continue reading →