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  • Protecting a Business during a Flood

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    A press release from Timothy M. Young, timothymyoung@hotmail.com:

    A proposal entitled “Protecting a Business during a Flood”, has been developed that may be of interest to the businesses that are located within areas that are susceptible to flooding; such an area would include [...]
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    Posted: July 01, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
    by John

  • Hiatus in Publication ...

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    Our Egyptian trip (Luxor is pictured) was canceled due to the long aftermath from Susan's asthma attack.

    We are also taking a brief hiatus from weekly publication, and entries now will be occasional. If you would prefer to receive these occasional entries by email,' [...]
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    Posted: March 15, 2009, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Egyptian Etiquette ...

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    Were it not for illness in the family, we would be returning from Egypt tomorrow. (Pictured is King Tut) Here is some of what we learned in our research for the trip.

    The following is adapted from Frommer’s Egypt Travel Guide:

    Appropriate Attire [...]
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    Posted: March 08, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • FEMA Assistance in Seeking Grants …

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    From L’Observateur, Laplace:

    Many Louisiana parishes have greatly benefitted from grant information provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has its own funding and resource development team that specializes in finding possible grant opportunities for recovery projects throughout the state.

    Great [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Charity Hospital Still Empty …

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    From an article by Rick Jervis and Brad Heath, USA TODAY:

    Nearly 3½ years after the flood ended, Charity Hospital is still empty. Plans to replace the soaring Art Deco-era hospital with a new one are stalled. Instead, Charity has become perhaps the most [...]
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    Posted: February 22, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Obstacles Encountered by Inspector General ...

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    Some of the material in this article is extracted from stories by the Times-Picayune, Cerasoli resigns and temporary replacement named:

    Building the inspector general's office proved far tougher than Cerasoli envisioned. And the challenges that remain -- even the basic' [...]
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    Posted: February 15, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Cerasoli resigns ...

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    Some of the material in this article is extracted from stories by the Times-Picayune, Cerasoli resigns and temporary replacement named:

    One more force for good has been beaten by the corrupt New Orleans governmental system. Last week we profiled Bob [...]
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    Posted: February 08, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • The Inspector General of New Orleans …

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    Since we went to press, Robert Cerasoli has resigned. We'll have more about this next week.

    This article was adapted from an entry by Kevin Allman on bestofneworleans.com:

    Robert A. Cerasoli (pictured) has just released his first report, 15 months after' [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Another visit to the homeland …

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    Since we have been living in Cincinnati, about the last year and a half, we still manage a few visits to New Orleans, our putative home, each year. We are in one of those visits now. (Pictured is a piece of outdoor art from a [...]
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    Posted: January 25, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Louisiana last in population growth ...

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    Excerpted from an article by Cain Burdeau, Associated Press Writer:

    Louisiana is leading the nation in loss of population, supplanting North Dakota in percentage of population decline, new U.S. Census data shows.

    If the trend continues, Louisiana could rank last in population [...]
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    Posted: January 18, 2009, 12:01am EST
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  • Louisiana's 2008 ...

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    John Maginnis (pictured) looks back at 2008 events that shaped Louisiana politics:

    A historic year in national politics did not lack for precedents in Louisiana.

    • Bobby Jindal's rocket ride. The last American politician before Jindal to attract as much national attention' [...]
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    Posted: January 11, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Pam ...

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    Pam Spaulding reports on a shocking situation at Algiers Point. Her story is excerpted from an A.C. Thompson article in "The Nation." Is this true, or a spoof? You be the judge:

    Facing an influx of refugees, the residents of Algiers Point [...]
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    Posted: January 04, 2009, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Pelican State Attorneys Thrive ...

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    From Trial Lawyers Inc., December 2008:

    The troubled state of Louisiana has lost 200,000 residents in the years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. But the state had been having a hard time attracting workers and others, as well as holding on [...]
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    Posted: December 28, 2008, 12:01am EST
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  • Which state is more crooked?

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    We decided to re-visit the political corruption issue that was opened last week. Today's discussion is from a different perspective and uses different sources, so you may see some discrepancies in the statistics. This is excerpted from an article by Jacob Weisberg for Slate' [...]
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    Posted: December 21, 2008, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • And the most corrupt state is …

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    From an article by John Fritze, USA TODAY:

    Its largest city is legendary for machine-style politics and its elected leaders have been under investigation for years, but by one measure, Illinois is not even close to the nation's most-corrupt state.

    North Dakota,' [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2008, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • You Tube and New Orleans ...

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    I wasn't aware of how many videos on YouTube are by New Orleanians, and by others celebrating New Orleans, until an old college friend of mine suggested I take a look at a 1940's travelogue of the city. See [www.youtube.com].

    While there I [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2008, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Thanksgiving Around the World

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    Just after our own Thanksgiving let us look at how other regions of the world celebrate the harvest season. We are using information from Wikipedia and The Holiday Spot.

    Thanksgiving (Canada):

    Thanksgiving in Canada occurs on the second Monday in [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2008, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • The Alaska Adventure, Part 2 …

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    Our last stop heading northwest was Seward. This stop offered a side trip to Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, but we did not partake.

    Our morning excursion was a visit to Ididaride, word play on the Iditarod trail sled dog race. The grueling race covers [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2008, 12:01am EST
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  • The Alaska Adventure, Part 1 …

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    The embarkation point for our cruise to Alaska was Vancouver. We met there with some good friends from Florida, Steve and Janice, and enjoyed a couple of days there before boarding the ship. One of the highlights of Vancouver was the Anthropology Museum; pictured is one [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2008, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • Ohio Congressional District 2 ...

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    News flash! Obama wins the presidential race. I suspect you have access to enough news on that topic, so we’ll move on to a more local race.

    From WKRC-TV, Cincinnati:

    Jean Schmidt Reclaims Ohio 2nd Congressional Seat

    Video clip: Election 2008: [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2008, 12:01am EST
    by John

  • How the Saints saved New Orleans ...

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    From an article by Martin Fletcher, timesonline.

    After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, help for the people of New Orleans came from a surprising source: the city's football team.

    Slender young cheerleaders skimpily dressed in black and gold are dancing on the sidelines. A man revs' [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2008, 1:01am EDT
    by John

  • Notes on DC ...

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    We are on the road, leaving DC today for Williamsburg, so today’s entry will be a short one.

    The only variations from our pre-trip report are that we also took in the Spy Museum. I would recommend it only if you have time to [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • DC and Virginia …

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    I know we still owe you the description of our Alaska trip, and we’ll probably start that next week. I feel we owe it to you, but maybe some you would just as soon forgive that debt.

    But this week’s topic is the trip on which we are [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Katrina Group Convenes in Cincinnati ...

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    We have organized a group called “Displaced by Katrina.” It is for Cincinnati-area residents who lived in New Orleans before Katrina, and moved for various reasons related to the storm.

    We started the group through the Meetup organization. We got terrific publicity in the [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • N.O.’s fountain of youth ...

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    From CityBusiness, by Deon Roberts. Disclosure: the last paragraph contains a quote by my wife, and she is now retired from the University of New Orleans; we are living in Cincinnati:

    New Orleans became a magnet to young people from across of America after [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Coming Back, Part 2

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    Continuing from a previous article:

    Last year, tourism was at 70 percent of the pre-Katrina level that generated $5 billion a year. But the city began this year with four major events -- college football's Sugar Bowl and national championship game, Mardi Gras, and' [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Of Youth March and Polo ... (Monday Edition)

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    City Cathedral Announces 2nd Annual 180 Youth March and 180 Turn It Around Youth Conference

    City Cathedral Church announces its plans for a second annual 180 Youth March to be held Saturday, September 27, 2008. Last year, at the organizers’ first [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2008, 2:22pm EDT
    by John

  • Thoughts on another visit to New Orleans …

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    From our Cincinnati base we visit New Orleans 5 or 6 times a year, generally staying a week or so. Our latest visit was an unscheduled one, when my mother had a heart attack. She is just fine as of this writing.
    One big [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Women Doing Good (Saturday Edition)

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    This item was contributed by Lesley Estep of SELF Magazine in New York City:
    (Pictured is Kimberly Kelleher, SELF’s Vice President and Publisher; a photo of Dian Ross was not available at press time).

    I am writing to introduce our “Women Doing Good” [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • New Orleans is worth rebuilding ...

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    Last Sunday's blog on whether New Orleans is worth rebuilding aroused a lot of comment. Here is a stronger case for rebuilding offered by our good friends, Janice and Steve Shull:
    Beyond the intangible sense of place of New Orleans is the historical fact of [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Dr. Cigler and Anonymous (Tuesday Edition)

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    Following is a discussion between Beverly Cigler, quoted in my Sunday blog, and "Anonymous:"

    "Anonymous" has left a new comment on your post "Is New Orleans Worth Rebuilding?"
    From Dr. Sigler:
    Hello
    The material from the news reporter's article and question [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Clarifications by Dr. Cigler (Monday Edition)

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    Beverly Cigler, a public policy professor at Penn State University, took issue with our editing of Sundays blog.
    She referred to her quote "My own personal opinion is that you shouldn't rebuild in areas unless you can make them safe," she said. "And nobody's [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2008, 5:49am EDT
    by John

  • Is New Orleans Worth Rebuilding?

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    Hurricane Gustav has revived the question in our title for the first time since Katrina. The following discussion is adapted from an article by Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press Writer:

    Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane Gustav is proof that the [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Levees and YouTube (Thursday Edition)

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    Levees.org is an organization that is calling for a thorough investigation of the causes of Hurricane Katrina. Founder Sandy Rosenthal insists that it was not a natural disaster, as normally depicted, but an engineering disaster. They claim that their mailing list contains over [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2008, 9:58am EDT
    by John

  • Coming Back, Part 1 ...

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    From a story by Bill Reed of the Philadelphia Inquirer:

    NEW ORLEANS -- When Carol Stauder started giving Hurricane Katrina tours, she couldn't get through them without crying. Seeing the devastation caused by the flooding four months earlier -- friends' homes destroyed and [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • If I Were President, Part 3 …

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    Vote for me based on the following plank in my platform:

    Domestic Affairs

    We covered an important component of our domestic program when we earlier discussed energy policy. Let’s now discuss other domestic issues.
    “It’s the economy, stupid” was the mantra in [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • North to Alaska ...

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    We are on an Alaskan cruise.

    Frommer shares his view of Alaska (slightly edited):
    (Nothing compares to) when you see a chunk of ice the size of a building fall from a glacier and send up a huge splash and a [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • If I Were President, Part 2 …

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    Vote for me, based on the following plank in my platform:

    Foreign Affairs

    For more then a half-century the U.S. has been the greatest power, military and economic, in the world. This has made the U.S. the source of a great deal of [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Family Emergency …

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    There has been a slight change in plans. On Sunday we received word that my mother had suffered a heart attack. That kind of news is always disturbing, but in the case of my 90-year-old Mom, age really exacerbates the problem.
    My brother called [...]
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    Posted: August 03, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • If I Were President, Part 1 …

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    Vote for me, based on the following plank in my platform:

    Energy Policy

    Like it or not, despite all the projections of how much alternative energy we will be using over various time periods, our need for oil will be here for decades. [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Jindal steps up again ...

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    The TP reports that "Jindal hacks budget earmarks," in a story by Jan Moller:

    BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal (pictured) used his line-item veto authority to cut more than $16 million in proposed state spending Monday, killing hundreds of earmarks added by [...]
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    Posted: July 20, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • "Dollar Bill" Jefferson ...

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    Since being listed in the Congresspedia blogroll, we intend to report more often on the fall congressional campaign in Louisiana, primarily the 2nd district. Following is a profile of the incumbent, adapted from Wikipedia:

    William Jennings Jefferson (pictured), born March 14, [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Jindal does the right thing ...

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    We are in New Orleans this week, so we’ll simply report some news and tell you about the visit next time. Pictured is the New Orleans symbol, the fleur de lis, wrapped in the hope ribbon.


    AP, via The New Orleans Examiner, [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Of “Do Downtown” and Trailer Parks …

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    We continue to try to take advantage of all the activities that Cincinnati has to offer.

    A couple of weeks ago we went to “Homearama,” an annual showing of new upscale homes, generally in suburbia. The homes are obscene, approaching 10,000 square feet and [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • There she goes again ...

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    This is extracted from an article I wrote about the race for the House of Representatives in Ohio District 2. I hope you don't mind this double dip:

    Being from Louisiana, I know about political incompetence, bad judgment, and corruption. Our congressional delegation includes [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Jindal is blackmailed ...

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    I thought Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana would be different. Here are some comments on the mammoth pay raise that the legislature is giving itself, and Jindal's failure to put a stop to it:

    From the Louisiana Action Council:

    "We are extremely [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Busy, Busy ...

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    I use to say that I was unsuccessfully retired, but I have changed my tune. My retirement is now stimulating, largely because I am busy.

    It's amazing how much one's services are in demand when you give them away for free. I now have [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2008, 12:01am EDT
    by John

  • Of ?Jersey Boys? and Hurricanes ...

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    Today we are going to the Aronoff Center to see “Jersey Boys.” This is the last play of our “Broadway across America” series, and for the most part it has been very enjoyable. It started off schmaltzy, with “My Fair Lady” and “Camelot,” and picked [...]
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    Posted: June 01, 2008, 5:16am EDT
    by John

  • Of Taste and Levees ...

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    One of the pleasures of living in Cincinnati is being able to get together with Susan’s brother Harley and his wife Jascia. The major discussion topic was politics, lately the source for a lot of laughs.

    They visited with us last night for a [...]
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    Posted: May 25, 2008, 5:47am EDT
    by John

  • Of Bratwursts and Beer ...

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    Susan was in New Orleans this past week, at a seminar for a national organization for public opinion research. As part of her visit she spent a little time with our real estate agent, looking at houses in the uptown area. She was not impressed.
    [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2008, 6:40am EDT
    by John
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