The Libertarian candidate for President, Bob Barr, turned out to be a mediocre public speaker but quite good at answering questions.

About two years ago, I wrote an opinion piece for this paper in which I fantasized I was dictator of the United States and could impose new national laws on a whim. 

I've been following the news stories about how state databases were accessed to try to find incriminating information about "Joe the Plumber," aka Samuel Wurzelbacher, the suburban Toledo man who John McCain has turned into a 15-minute celebrity.

Sue Daugherty, Serving Our Seniors' tireless executive director (and my fellow blogger) has some tough-love advice for folks struggling with utility bills.

I spent a good chunk of Thursday evening attending the Ohio Commission on African American Males. It was very interesting being one of the few white people in the room and learning what it's like to be in the black "reality tunnel," as writer Robert Anton Wilson would have said.

Isn't it fun when a bunch of jerks get their just desserts?

With the election of Barack Obama as our nation’s next president, attention turns to what will happen when he takes office, and the hopes and fears that his campaign raises.

The folks who tried to pass Issue 6, the state question that would have established a state-sanctioned gambling casino in Wilmington in Clinton County, already are mapping plans for another proposal.

The transition has begun at the Erie County commissioners.

Pat Shenigo, the commissioner-elect, attended Thursday's and today's commission meetings, and told me he intends to keep coming to the meetings. He takes office in January.