A look at the lawful problems with the Zanesville incident By A.J. Wagner There is a Mutt and Jeff cartoon where one of the characters stands in front of hundreds of books in a law library and declares: “To think we started with Ten Commandments.” So who makes this stuff up? Who creates all these [...]
The scary tale of an innocent woman declared a criminal By A.J. Wagner Halloween costumes and masks aren’t limited to little ones parading around the neighborhood for candy. Nor are they just for those attending a masquerade ball or a costume party. Putting on a police uniform any day of the year, a sworn officer [...]
The legalities of political signage before Election Day By A.J. Wagner Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind. Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign? — Five Man Electrical Band It’s that time of year when front yards are covered in a new autumnal blanket of bright [...]
Planning for your death isn’t fun, but it’s necessary By A.J. Wagner It was one of those phone calls you hate to get. An attorney called to tell me my wife had made an appointment. My mind immediately went wild with all the wrongs I had committed to drive my wife to the moment she [...]
A lesson in branding and trademarking By A.J. Wagner Way back in 1998 the owners of this newspaper were contacted by lawyers for the Village Voice, a nationally circulated newspaper out of New York, asking them to cease and desist in the use of the name The Dayton Voice. That’s what the Dayton City Paper [...]
Corporations allowed to ‘invest’ in political candidates in an exercise of free speech By A.J. Wagner The soul purpose of a corporation is to make money for their shareholders. Corporations have no morality other than to make money. That is their heart and soul. Corporations do not donate to charity. They will exchange money for [...]
Thoughts on the Society of Freethinkers from a former atheist By A.J. Wagner The University of Dayton (UD) has been sucker punched. It’s been set up. Two men, who are no friends to the Catholic and Marianist tradition of the university, have made a phony plea for recognition of their atheist organization that envisions, according [...]
Is Facebook on its way to the Supreme Court’s agenda? By A.J. Wagner Judges tend to be older. One cannot become a judge in Ohio without six years under their belt as a lawyer and the electorate usually looks for someone with experience when casting their vote. So a few gray hairs help a judicial [...]
You found a wallet, but is it yours? By A.J. Wagner A young man found a wallet beneath the bleachers at his high school. The wallet contained $500, about $200 worth of Japanese yen, the owner’s home address and some pictures of the owner. The young man shared his bounty with some other friends and [...]
How parents can get arrested when their child commits a crime By A.J. Wagner Scott Finfrock was a bad driver and his mother paid the price. Scott did not have a valid Ohio driver’s license but that didn’t stop him from driving. In 2009 he had a serious motorcycle accident while fleeing the police. Almost [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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