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DDN picks the sacrificial lamb

The wise ones at the Dayton Daily News, the ones who endorse Mike Turner every time (even though they don’t agree with him), have chosen a 25-year-old college dropout who has “been involved in political causes for a long time” to go head-to-head with Turner for Congress. Yes- the same people who endorsed Rhine McLin, Read More

Dayton duplicates State minority set aside program

The State already maintains a list of minority and small disadvantaged businesses, and has “MBE/EDGE certifications” for such. It would seem that once again, Dayton taxpayers are being asked to foot the bill to reinvent the wheel: City staff is reaching out through letters and e-mails to businesses statewide in hopes of finding minority-owned shops Read More

Taking back your data? Diaspora* takes on Facebook

Yes, I’m on Facebook and I’m friends with a lot of people. I’m also on Twitter and LinkedIn and none of these sites make me happy. I don’t use the google toolbar either- although Google and iTunes know more about me than I really want them to. Many of you use these same “tools” and Read More

Basketball awesomeness in Dayton

Yes, only Dayton could get over 8,000 people to watch the 64 and 65 seeds duke it out in the “play-in” game for the NCAA. How many will show up tomorrow, March 20, as Dayton City League rivals Dunbar and Thurgood Marshall go head-to-head for the Regional D-II championship? I predict a full house at Read More

Joe Stack- harbinger of the revolution?

In case the name Joe Stack doesn’t ring a bell, read about his kamikaze attack on the IRS building in Austin. And while some will say he’s deranged and others will question whether this could be counted as “domestic terrorism” – I’m inclined to believe that in the modern age of instantaneous journalism and a Read More

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