DCP (Dayton Voice) celebrates 25 years On growth and genius By Jim Bucher Way back in the early 90’s, when Bill Clinton became president, a gallon of gas would set you back a dollar and some change, and Minnesota’s Mall of America encompassing 78 acres opens. Here at home a new publication begins named ‘The […]
Socialists versus socialists Politics inspires more murder By Mark Luedtke Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard about the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. A white supremacist, whose name I won’t use, murdered Heather Heyer and injured dozens when he plowed his car into a group of anti-protestors at a rally to save Confederate statues. […]
The Siri streak A class act in class A By Marc Katz I can’t seem to get out of my head what happened to Jose Siri recently, when he was working on a Midwest League-record 39-game hitting streak. This was not at all in my mind what happened to Pete Rose when he was stifled […]
How we got here today By Marc Katz Here’s how I envisioned retirement: get up from bed in the morning, move to the living room couch, and begin reading from a stack of newspapers, books and magazines. Unlike Sarah Palin, I know what I’m reading: The New York Times, Vanity Fair magazine, GQ and Esquire. […]
Titillating conversations Should public female nudity be legal? Artwork: Jed Helmers By Sarah Sidlow Does anyone remember Chelsea Handler posing topless on a horse in an imitation of a photo of Vladimir Putin? Instagram does, probably. Twitter probably also remembers all of the nude Chelsea Handler photos they had to remove because of its policy […]
Online sextortion It’s not just for kids any more By Mark Luedtke We’ve all heard the horror stories about kids sexting each other. Dr. Jill Murray told ABC News, “I have two girls who have made suicide attempts and several had to switch schools because of sexting… I don’t know any 16-year-old boy who’s going […]
Bad Behavior Problematic sex errors in the field By Marc Katz Usually, when the subject of sex comes up in sports—or politics—it’s not a happy story. There have been some incredible moments, and I’m not talking about sexual violence. That’s in a category of its own for bad behavior. I’m talking about what appears to […]
Nipples, nipples everywhere What’s the point? By Jim Bucher Why is everyone worked up about nipples? We all have them, right? If you have no idea what I’m talking about, just check out our front cover. That’s a lot of nipples! So, Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines a nipple as “the protuberance of a mammary gland […]
Quite the ride Sara Dallman bike-packs through it all By Marc Katz Once, Sara Dallman broke her finger while in a bike-packing race. She also once pulled a hamstring and could barely pedal, and once a downpour created mud so sticky, it clogged up her wheels and brakes and she had to carry her bike, […]
Blowing smoke Will raising the smoking age to 21 make a difference? By Sarah Sidlow Let’s play a numbers game: In 2015, about 15 out of every 100 U.S. adults (ages 18 and over) reported smoking cigarettes on a regular basis—that’s an estimated 36.5 million adults. Every year, cigarette smoking is the cause of more […]
Totally secure knot …not In a local home a garage door was broken into. This garage door was perfectly secured […]
Which right write is right? In Charlottesville, what isn’t the debate? By Sarah Sidlow Overwhelmed by the Charlottesville news cycle […]
Slash and dash Taking the overused and overdone tactic of the “dine and dash” to a whole new level… a […]
On the run from a BB gun At a local historical park just a few days ago, a large truck was […]
Steal anything At a local auto-parts store, a car radio was shoplifted. The thief suspiciously perused through the aisles and […]
