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Cincinnati Tea Party on Hannity and McVeigh
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Okay, so this isn’t particularly timely, or anything—but the other day I was reminded of that footage where people cheer while Sean Hannity calls Tea Party members “Tim McVeigh wannabes.” So how would the local Tea Party leadership weigh in?

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Chick-Fil-A: What do chicken sandwiches have to do with gay people?
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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Back2Stonewall has posted this item, which showcases how Chick-Fil-A has decided to sponsor an event for the anti-gay CCV. I am disappointed. I mean, I always knew Chick-Fil-A was a “Christian” business—but I didn’t know they did anything particularly crazy with their “Christianity.” So I was willing to overlook that given how delicious I find their food to be. But I will not overlook this. Certainly businesses have the right to support whatever political cause they desire—just as I have the right to support a boycott of Chick-Fil-A due to their disgusting behavior.

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“The Big Uneasy” Makes the Case that Katrina Was an Unnatural Disaster
Monday, August 30, 2010

Democracy Now! reports that on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a new documentary, The Big Uneasy, argues that the destruction of New Orleans was an unnatural disaster and how it could have been prevented.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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About The Cincinnati Beacon
Sunday, August 29, 2010

The Cincinnati Beacon was founded in December, 2005 by Jason Haap (The Dean of Cincinnati), and Andrew Warner. After a technical malfunction plagued Haap’s original blog (deanofcincinnati.com), Haap and Warner decided to combine their efforts—hoping to get other bloggers on board. The site’s slogan “Where Divergent Views Collide” was meant as humorous irony because a “beacon” near an ocean shore should prevent “collisions.”

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Tea Party leader gets grilled by NAACP membership
Saturday, August 28, 2010

Tea Party leader Chris Littleton spoke to the Cincinnati NAACP membership Thursday night. According to attendees he was grilled pretty thoroughly. The membership wondered where this movement was while George W. Bush was in office for 8 years.

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Today marks the 47th Anniversary of King’s “I have a dream” speech
Saturday, August 28, 2010

His speech was about America’s broken promise, a promise that has yet to be fulfilled. Sadly the American government assassinated Dr. King after he moved from focusing on racial equality to economic equality. He began speaking out against the Vietnam war and for a poor people’s campaign for economic justice.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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If I Were a Socialist… by Barack Obama (NOT)
Friday, August 27, 2010

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Guest column by Robert Park

If I were a socialist,…

1. You would now own investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Citi Group, the banks that enabled and encouraged the reckless endangerment of our economy leading to the meltdown of 2008. These institutions would now be under public ownership, no longer the private financial vehicles of the super-rich, because I would have nationalized them.

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
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Is human tragedy a spectator sport?
Friday, August 27, 2010

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Is human tragedy a spectator sport? Someone at The Enquirer seems to think so! By now you might have seen the police cruiser cam video of a Mason teenager’s car basically disintegrating into a bridge. But what you may have missed is the quick editing job over at The Enquirer’s web page in the item where they link to this footage! The change-up is timely, given a recent CityBeat column by media critic Ben Kaufman on the very issue of “unpublishing.”

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Glenn Beck is NOT Martin Luther King Jr.
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Aug. 28 is the 47th anniversarry of Dr. King’s most famous speech. This Aug. 28th Glenn Beck will bring a very different and divisive message to the Lincoln Memorial. Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation has launched a site for people to speak up and stand with Dr. King’s vision, and to share what his vision means to you today.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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Metropole Lawsuit: Not So Fast, 3CDC
Thursday, August 26, 2010

Donald Caster has a great article on the Metropole Tenants Associations lawsuit in federal court seeking to halt the efforts of 3CDC and others to turn the Metropole into a luxury hotel. The tenants are now represented by preeminent Cincinnati civil rights attorney and they’ve filed a lawsuit that is compelling. It’s an interesting explanation of the allegations in the lawsuit that could be a major impediment to 3CDC’s plans.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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National Go Topless Day- A Movement for Equality
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

You could say this movement for equality is out of this world. Women are going topless and men are wearing bikini tops this week to protest the fact that men can legally walk around topless while women don’t have that same right.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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Brunner asked to protect voters’ rights to hear all candidates’ views
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

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Dan La Botz, Socialist Party candidate for the U.S. Senate from Ohio, has initiated a petition to demand that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner use her authority to insure inclusive political debates in Ohio where all candidates can be heard. The online petition points out that Republican candidate Rob Portman and Democratic Party candidate Lee Fisher have been discussing the possibility of debates which would exclude the Socialist La Botz as well as the Constitution candidate Eric Deaton.

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Black Agenda Report: Obama Snarls at the Left, But Winks at the Right
Sunday, August 22, 2010

The Black Agenda Report’s Glen Ford hits the nail on the head with this editorial. President Obama continues to reassure the corporations that funded his campaign that he will continue to serve them. His administration lashes out at the left over any attempt that is made to hold him accountable for his actions.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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Elementary schools, reading comprehension, and myelination
Sunday, August 22, 2010

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Ever since I started reading Endangered Minds: Why children don’t think, and what we can do about it, I have been struck by the concept of “myelination.” I think the easiest way to understand myelin is to imagine “insulation” around a “wire” that is a neural pathway in your brain. Once your brain gets “hardwired” into a certain way of behaving, mental patterns and habits can become “myelinated”—which means they have become a physically permanent part of your brain’s structure. It turns out this has a huge impact on how we should think of things like reading comprehension, and what schools are doing to young children.

Posted by Jason Haap
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Obama’s war in Iraq continues despite the massive propaganda campaign
Friday, August 20, 2010

The corporate Democrats have now matched the Republicans’ “Mission Accomplished.” The war’s “officially over” as of last night except for the troops still there, the troops that are going to be sent there, and the private contractors that are there or will be sent there to protect the puppet regime.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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1848 Daguerreotypes Bring Middle America’s Past to Life
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Here’s a look at Cincinnati in 1848. I’ve seen these pictures before and even have a copy of them. But I’ve never seen them like this.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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Criminal Justice Reform Cannot Wait, Says ACLU, Nina Turner & Bill Seitz
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio released a new report called “Reform Cannot Wait: A Comprehensive Examination of the Cost of Incarceration in Ohio from 1991-2010.” The report is a survey of two decades of studies that document ineffective policies, inefficient use of funds, and racial unfairness related to the state’s criminal justice system. At a press conference today, State Senators Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) and Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) joined ACLU of Ohio Legal Director James L. Hardiman and ACLU of Ohio Executive Director Christine Link in calling for reform.

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Editorial Cartoon: Mosque “at” Ground Zero
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

While I understand the sensibilities on both sides, can we at least agree that the proposed Mosque in New York is not “AT” Ground Zero?

Posted by Bearman
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CPS Reform and Improvement: Actual data versus Christopher Smitherman
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

August 16th was an interesting day to think about reform in Cincinnati Public Schools. According to Christopher Smitherman, president of the local NAACP, the school district has been unwilling to implement reforms and therefore should not be supported for any future levies. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, national educational reform experts say CPS has “hit it out of the park” in terms of their ability to implement effective reform. So which is it?

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
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7, 8, 9 - How Steep is Vine?
Monday, August 16, 2010

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After all this time one would think that there wouldn’t be any question as to how steep the Vine Street hill actually is. Alas, that isn’t the case. Depending upon what city document one uses, the maximum slope is either 7%, or 8.12%, or 9%. Due to the relatively slippery nature of steel wheels on steel rails, the difference is very important.

Posted by Michael Earl Patton
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The Christian Conflict of Interest on Gay Marriage?
Sunday, August 15, 2010

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An email sent this weekend from the Ohio Christian Alliance alleges to articulate a “conflict of interest” for California Judge Vaughn Walker—who shut down that state’s anti-gay Proposition 8 on its unconstitutionality. However, if what the Ohio Christian Alliance argues is true, then conservative heterosexual Christian judges should not be allowed to hear cases about gay marriage. Their example showcases exactly how gross is the depth of the far-right Christian jihadists.

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
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Sen. Sanders distances himself from PCRM after Beacon runs Mayo doc’s letters
Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Photo: PCRM president Neal Barnard MD, sculptor Dorothy Frankel, and PCRM Director of Public Affairs Elizabeth Kucinich, 8/7/10

From “Of Chimpanzees and Candidates” by Jon Margolis, Vermont Newsguy, August 13, 2010

Earlier this week, Sen. Bernie Sanders chose as his friends an organization called the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), which inspired him and two other senators to introduce legislation to phase out taxpayer-supported scientific experiments on chimpanzees.

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How many homeless? Too damn many.
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Guest article by Ed Ritchy

My name is Ed Ritchy and I have run the Homeless Hotline of Greater Cincinnati for the last 22 years. I can tell you exactly and precisely how many people are homeless: too damn many. When people literally are dying on the mean streets of Cincinnati year after year you know there are too many people going homeless and being underserved in our community.

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
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Today marks the 75th Anniversary of Social Security
Saturday, August 14, 2010

The Social Security Act has been around for 75 years and is one of our nation’s most popular programs. The Unemployment Insurance program was created as part of that act. Many Republicans still oppose these programs and would like to get rid of them and Medicare so they can cut taxes for rich people.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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Increasing Access to Affordable Primary Care through Health Centers
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Guest article by Noble Maseru, Ph.D., MPH, Health Commissioner, Board of Health, City of Cincinnati

With the recent passage of healthcare reform, a focus throughout the country has been on increasing people’s access to affordable primary health care. Many of these new patients will find quality care at community health centers. Community health centers now serve 20 million people in America in 7,500 communities, including Cincinnati Health Department (CHD) Health Centers that serve more than 35,000 patients annually at six primary care and two dental sites. There are also 6 private non profit health centers located in Hamilton County providing healthcare services.

Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
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Roberts for Ohio to organize boycott of Tea Party businesses
Friday, August 13, 2010

DAYTON, OHIO – The Roberts for Ohio campaign is organizing a boycott of businesses that are supporting the Tea Party at 6:00pm on Monday August 16th at Montgomery County Democratic Party Headquarters in Dayton.

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According to Facebook, Tom Brinkman “Likes” Playboy
Friday, August 13, 2010

Republican candidate for Hamilton County Auditor likes Playboy, at least according to Facebook! See for yourself!

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The White House shows contempt for the left, again
Thursday, August 12, 2010

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First Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel called liberal activists “fu@&ing retarded” and now his press secretary Robert Gibbs said critics of Obama’s Bush-like policies should be “drug tested”. Neither of them apologized. The White House loves the corporations that funded his campaign and hates the progressives that turned out the vote.

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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Should consenting adults be allowed to engage in Polygamy or incest?
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Many of our conservative commenters have shown a sudden obsession with both polygamy and incest. There are many different forms of polygamy. In a country that has separation of church and state shouldn’t polygamy be allowed for consenting adults? What about incest for consenting adults?

Posted by Justin Jeffre
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Is the Enquirer healthy?
Thursday, August 12, 2010

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To this day, newspapers take great pride in journalistic independence and keeping an arms-length relationship with the institutions that they cover. Not the Cincinnati Enquirer. As we’ve reported here, publisher Margaret Buchanan’s service on the executive committee of the Cincinnati City Center Development Corp. (better known as 3CDC) has coincided with the Enquirer’s glorification of 3CDC gentrification efforts in Over-the-Rhine, to the exclusion of coverage of the impact of mass displacement on poor people. But Buchanan’s extracurricular involvement extends to the University of Cincinnati, the Cincinnati Business Committee and the Commercial Club of Cincinnati, all of which puts her in cozy boardroom settings alongside powerful industrial barons who tend not to like intrusive news coverage.

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