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Thanksgiving Failures
In this heartfelt and unflinching Thanksgiving reflection, David Esrati challenges the systemic failures of America’s …
Time for a Dayton Department of Efficiency
“Reimagining Dayton: A Call for Efficiency and Accountability”
Dayton, Ohio faces mounting challenges from government in…
R.I.P. Bike share in Dayton. For all the wrong reasons.
I’m sure someone will call me a liar or claim it to be their idea, but bringing B-Cycle (the brand of bikes…
Dayton killed a 12 year old
Dayton, the region, not the city. We’re all to blame for this travesty. Isabellas Amor-Carlos is dead. Her…
Groundhog day for Kettering Ice Arena
It was about 10 years ago that I wrote an editorial that made it into the Dayton Daily news about why Kettering…
The Hotel rush in Downtown Dayton
I sat on the lawn of the Levitt Pavilion last week listening to a free concert- in the shadow of what was once the…
What is the “collective soul” of a community, and why is it critical?
This post has nothing to do with the band “Collective Soul”- but it does have a lot to do with everything…
When your neighborhood cancer goes away
This story started 18 Aug. of 2008. It ended Feb 14, 2024. 16 years of hell on Bonner Street thanks to one house,…
Chronic absenteeism is only the symptom
From the NY Times: Nationally, an estimated 26 percent of public school students were considered chronically absent…
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