Dayton’s police blotter, reported verbatim by Amanda Dee Ain’t nobody got time for this An officer on patrol spotted a man he knew had previously been trespassed from public property on that public property. The trespassed man then walked right in front of the officer’s cruiser. The officer stepped out of his vehicle and told […]
U.S. considers dipping toes into international oil exports ‘Texas Tea’ party? By Tim Walker Photo: The broasted combination platter at Mel-O-Dee drive in The U.S. House of Representatives has announced that they will vote this month on a bill to lift the decades-long ban on U.S. crude oil exports. Ending the ban, which was […]
Embrace economic freedom Everything leftists claim about economics is demonstrably false Mark Luedtke In upside-down world, Pope Francis gallivants around excoriating peaceful economic interaction—economic freedom—instead embracing systematic coercion—socialism—against all the people of the world. He embraces Cuba’s Castro brothers, among the greatest mass murderers and oppressors in history, then criticizes Americans for unbridled free […]
Dayton’s police blotter, reported verbatim By Amanda Dee ‘Not in fact a crack whore’ At about 5:20 p.m. an officer responded to a call of criminal damaging. The victim told the officer that someone had slashed the back tires of her 1991 Chevrolet Cavalier. The words “crack whore” were also scratched into the hood. The […]
Halloween: a big, scary business By Jim Bucher I’ve written about this before, just a few years ago. But you know what? Halloween has become even bigger since then! You already know that next to Christmas, Halloween is the biggest holiday for retailers. I remember a time—here I go reminiscing again—when Foy’s Halloween Store in […]
CEO for POTUS? By Tim Walker Americans no longer trust politicians—as if they ever did. In April of 2015, the Pew Research Center released the results of a poll, which stated that fewer than one in four Americans trusted the federal government “most of the time.” Similarly, a 2014 Harvard Institute of Politics survey revealed […]
Dayton’s version of the skyscraper curse By Mark Luedtke The skyscraper curse notes that, whenever a new, tallest building is built in a region, an economic bust generally follows. Mises Institute scholar Mark Thornton explains, “Record-setting skyscrapers are a prominent example of how distortions in interest rates (i.e., actual rates below ‘natural’ rates) alter the […]
Cover-up at City Hall Dayton’s rulers pay outgoing city manager for silence Mark Luedtke Normally when rulers cover up their crimes, they try to keep the cover-up secret too, but in the case of the mysterious resignation, or maybe firing, of Dayton City Manager Warren Price after only eight months on the job, the cover-up […]
Fall festivals and more By Jim Bucher Wow, I’m exhausted. I just took part in “Festival Weekend” in Dayton and the Miami Valley and I can’t eat or drink another thing. First, it was the Italian Fall Festa, then the Greek Festival, the Vandalia Oktoberfest, Miamisburg Artisan Festival, Beavercreek Popcorn Festival, Huber Heights Marigold Festival […]
By Michelle Strauss Music man In a local apartment complex, alarms went off and alerted the police that a robbery […]
What a mouthful Believe it or not, in a local residence, a boyfriend kept his girlfriend’s dentures hostage. Earlier […]
New Picasso? A woman came home from work one sunny afternoon to find her house awry. She frantically observed a […]
By Michelle Strauss Means of transportation When a woman arrived home from work she noticed something rather peculiar: a man […]
By Michelle Strauss Wii the people A woman decided to go outside to take her evening smoke. Inside her residence, […]
Debate Forum 09/22
With friends like these… By Tim Walker Here are a few sobering statistics: according to the Centers for Disease Control, suicide is the third leading cause of death in this country for young people aged 10 to 24. It takes 4,600 young lives each year, and more teenagers—more than those who die from cancer, heart […]