Voting Rights Roundup: Major ruling—court strikes down North Carolina GOP's...
Leading Off●North Carolina: On Tuesday, a three-judge panel delivered a major blow against Republican gerrymandering when it struck down a large swath of North Carolina's legislative districts for...
View ArticleJustice is a bargain: 7 questions for Charmaine McGuffey, candidate for...
In Hamilton County, OH, the county I live in, the sheriff’s office has recently been involved in several high-profile police brutality incidents. In May 2018, the sheriff’s office agreed to a $500,000...
View ArticleOhio school denies cheesy breadsticks to 9-year-old birthday boy because of...
Jefferson, who recently celebrated his ninth birthday, had a pretty terrible day. In fact, the student at Green Primary School in Green, Ohio, near Canton, called it the worst birthday ever. Why? As...
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Newport Aquarium, Newport KY
OK, so technically the Aquarium isn’t in Cincinnati—it’s right across the river in Ohio. But it’s a great aquarium, and had a bunch of stuff I hadn’t seen before. And Newport was nice to walk around...
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Photo Diary: Museum Center, Cincinnati OH
The Cincinnati Museum Center is housed in the old Union Railroad Station. There is a Natural History Museum and a Cincinnati History Museum, along with an IMAX theater. Some photos.The art deco Station...
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Photo Diary: Burnet Woods, Cincinnati
This is a very nice (and very large) park in Cincinnati, right near the University of Cincinnati. Lots of walking paths, a pond, a nature center (only open one day a week) and places to picnic and...
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Photo Diary: Krohn Conservatory, Cincinnati OH
This is a very nice greenhouse/conservatory in Cincinnati, next to Eden Park. The collection spans the globe.Some photos.One of the Conservatory greenhousesInside the conservatoryOne of the gardeners...
View ArticleI have a very simple metric for my preferred candidate
Who can beat Trump where it counts?That’s all I care about. I’d vote for Vlad the Impaler if I thought he’d win.With that in mind, I will keep my eye on state polls. Yes, I know it’s early, and I don’t...
View ArticleLet's Win OHIO
We all watched in dismay as one of the worst people in America, Donald Trump, won the state of Ohio in 2016. Barack Obama had carried the state twice, so it was jarring to watch Hillary Clinton lose...
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Photo Diary: Cincinnati Observatory
In 1843, astronomer Ormsby Mitchell of Cincinnati College (now the University of Cincinnati) laid out plans for a new telescope and observatory in Cincinnati. After a benefactor donated four acres of...
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Photo Diary: Woodland Mound Park
This another very nice park in Cincinnati OH, with walking trails, a nature center, playground and disc golf course.Some photos from a day at the park.The Nature CenterOne of the trailsA view of the...
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Cincinnati's "Lazarus Lizard"
The first time that I saw a Wall Lizard in Cincinnati, it was only for an instant as it ran across the walkway in front of me. But I saw enough of it to realize it was a lacertid, and that stopped me...
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Photo Diary: Some More Ohio Critters
A few more Ohio critters encountered recently in Cincinnati.Osage OrangeGoldfinchTurkey VultureLichensVelvet MiteRed-Bellied WoodpeckerMonarch ButterflyRed Eared Slider doing turtle yogaCool-looking...
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Korean Duo pass through Cambridge on Cross Country Bike Trip
Jeon Seung Hyun Jeong DaseongWhite jersey-clad cyclists from Korea were spotted passing through Cambridge, Ohio on Monday. The cyclists, Jeong Daseong and Jeon...
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Ohio State is nuts for Warren
Voter registration teams from Indivisible, Ohio Dems, OSU Votes, and other groups fanned out on the Ohio State campus yesterday for National Voter Registration Day. My group (Indivisible OH-12)...
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Used Diapers, Carpets, Moldy Yogurt Cartons & Shampoo Bottles ⇒ Pristine...
h/t maggiejean“...as long as it’s got a high percentage of polypropylene , we’ll be able to clean it up,” says the CEO of PureCycle Technologies, as reported by Emily Chassen for Bloomberg Week....
View ArticleTop Democrats Leading Trump in Ohio; Impeachment Supported 47% to 43%
emersonpolling.reportablenews.com/...Three Leading Democrats are beating Donald Trump in Ohio, according to an Emerson Poll newly released. Bernie Sanders outpolls Trump 53% to 47%, Joe Biden by 53% to...
View ArticleOhio poll may show Republican losses
A new Emerson poll (9/29–10/2) shows:TP would lose to any of the Democratic frontrunners: Biden 53-47, Sanders 53-47, Warren 52-48.Pence would lose, too: Biden 54-46, Sanders 51-49, Warren 51-49. —...
View ArticlePortman Criticizes Trump for Asking Ukraine and China to Investigate Biden,...
www.dispatch.com/…Ohio Senator Rob Portman joins the slowly growing ranks of Republican Senators who have found fault with Donald Trump for soliciting investigations of Joe Biden by foreign...
View ArticleVoting Rights Roundup: California leads the way with a new round of reforms...
Leading Off●California: Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed several election reform bills into law that passed California's Democratic-run legislature earlier this year, including legislation to...
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