6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

This afternoon, someone I know forwarded me an e-mail message, written with the usual breathless tone one always reads in a bogus e-mail.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Classical music fans will want to know that a well-regarded musical group is performing a concert in Elyria on Sunday. And it’s hard to argue with the price — free.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

President Barack Obama has just given a speech in Arizona announcing his program for helping homeowners who are struggling to make their mortgage payments.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Last year, when I wrote articles about the large number of home foreclosures in Erie County, every judge and lawyer I talked to said they have the same advice for homeowners in trouble: Get a lawyer and find out what your rights are before you let the bank take your home.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Last Friday, Congress passed the final version of the economic stimulus bill, and as often happens, north central Ohio’s House members split their votes, with U.S. Rep. Marcy Katpur, D-Toledo, voting for the bill and U.S. Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green, voting against it.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Travel in a Third World country can be very different from going on a guided tour in the U.S. or Europe.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

One of my favorite science fiction writers, Philip Jose Farmer, died on Feb. 25. He was never as famous are other vintage SF writers such as Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein or Arthur C. Clarke, but he had a devoted following.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

There's another effort under way to help people facing foreclosure on their homes.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

OK, it sure isn’t this one. But my colleague Jason Werling has been nominated in the Associated Press awards for “Best Blogger” for newspapers our size.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

It's a free country, but the amount of freedom varies from state to state, according to George Mason University's Mercatus Center, which has just issued a new report giving an in

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Everyone is still trying to digest the economic stimulus bill Congress just passed and the Obama Administration’s proposal on the housing crisis. Here are a few followups:

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

I thought California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi was the speaker of the U.S. House, but apparently she is acting more like an empress instead.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Movie lovers have the Academy Awards, music fans have the Grammys, readers have the Pulitzers. Science fiction fans such as myself have their awards, too.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Ohio’s unemployment rate has gone up again, and as usual, it’s worse in Ohio than in most other states.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

The Nuesse-gate hearings begin later this month, and we'll hit this story as hard as ever. One of the stars on the city's long list of witnesses is none other than the old wise man himself, Kevin Baxter.

6:27 PM Mar 23, 2010

Construction of the Erie MetroParks Dog Park at Osborn Park has begun. The park is set to open this fall, but the Friends of Erie MetroParks Dog Park Committee are hounding the public to fix a remaining problem.

The park needs a name.