Category Archives: American Culture

Open letter to the teen who nearly died yesterday in Englewood

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Dear teen driving the car on Walnut Street; You nearly died yesterday because you were impatient and you thought you were owed the right-of-way making a left turn onto National Road. From page 36 of the Ohio Digest of Motor … Continue reading

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Awesome business videos

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My BFF Chris Celek started up this really cool service for small businesses to get started using video for their web sites, social media presence, etc. So he calls me up and asks if I wanted to be a guinea … Continue reading

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Weeds

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Take a good look at the photo to the right. What do you see? Most of us see a dandelion, a vile weed that should be ripped up, poisoned and killed, stomped out and cursed at. And I did too … Continue reading

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I apologize, Governor Kasich

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Dear Hon. John Kasich, Governor of Ohio; I apologize for my sight-sightedness with respect to my opposition to your state education budget cuts and SB5, which sought to limit bargaining rights for teachers. Clearly these were bills designed to give … Continue reading

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Grab your ankles

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled that it is legal for you to be strip-searched when arrested for any offense, however minor. Moreover, they did not limit the number of times you could be searched … Continue reading

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The naked truth about health insurance

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The Supreme Court of the United States of America just listened to three days of argument as to whether or not the recent Affordable Care Act (ACA) is Constitutional. Central to the twenty-six States’ argument is that the Federal government … Continue reading

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Fannie and her big blue car

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We had just moved into the big house on Van Buren Ave. in St. Paul in 1968. There were only four of us kids then, my two younger sisters were still babies. My mom didn’t know anyone in the neighborhood … Continue reading

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