The first time I shopped for groceries in Atlanta in 1981 I was shocked to see sales tax added to my bill- I was buying milk and bread (really). Welcome to the crazy tax laws of different states. Ohio has long excluded taxes on food- as it’s not really optional for survival. This is a Read More
Advertising Age magazine just named the Obama 08 campaign and Barack Obama marketer of the year. Beating out Apple and Zappos.com by a landslide. As a practitioner of the trade, I’ve watched this campaign run like a steamroller, picking up steam, hammering home a simple message of “Change we can believe in” that was so Read More
One of Dayton’s best kept secrets is a foodie paradise at the corner of Wayne and Keowee/Adams- tucked behind the “Quality Motors” used car lot. It’s Halal International Grocery, where you can get all kinds of pita for about half of what you’d pay at Kroger, as well as having a choice of three kinds Read More
A new blog to watch in Dayton, from the man Ellen Belcher loves to hate more than me: Mike Robinette, former director of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission and community activist. One of his first posts was about what he overheard at the Oakwood club before the debate last night: Sitting at the bar Read More
No, you’re not John Lennon and Yoko Ono, but, in the days of fear of the unknown (which seem to have made a comeback) apparently our government thought that John Lennon was a threat to our nation. This amazing play, 90 minutes, no intermission, puts 2 men on stage with a wall of file cabinets Read More
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