May 2011

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For our veterans: Vetrepreneur Academy

It’s Memorial Day- when we are supposed to remember our fallen service members. I thank my friends who are thanking me- but I’m not dead yet. Say thank you to me on Veterans Day, please. We’ve been at war for almost ten years- and although the death toll pales in comparison to our last declared Read More

Invented in Dayton: Rob Lowe

While Kevin Bacon made the concept of 6 degrees of separation famous, Dayton should be famous for 1.2 degrees of separation- in my time in Dayton, I’ve criss-crossed with Rob Lowe a few different ways, never actually meeting him- but I have talked to him on the phone once. His father was the first attorney Read More

Dayton Public Schools losing a superstar

On July 6, 2008. I introduced you to David Lawrence– the new principal of Thurgood Marshall High School in Dayton. I called him “the man with the plan.” He was taking over at the former Colonel White High School, in a brand new building with a plan to make TM into an academic academy of Read More

Laywers lacking imagination: Thompson Hine to move to boringville

The old joke goes: What is the difference between a lawyer and a catfish? One’s a scum sucking bottom feeder, the other is a fish. Thompson Hine LLP must think we’re stupid- saying they can’t find suitable office space in Downtown Dayton either shows they think we’re morons (with something like 30% reported vacancy rates Read More

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