The U.S. Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to overturn the most controversial decision by Sonia Sotomayor. The court ruled that white firefighters in Connecticut who had passed a promotion test were unfairly denied promotions. Sotomayor had ruled against an appeal by the firefighters.

If you missed the Yacht Club's fireworks at the city commission meeting, the display will be aired on Channel 81 on Buckeye Cable System:

If you were there, care to share your thoughts?

I had the privilege of facilitating a forum last week called Understanding Your Very Important Papers. One of the topics  we discussed was “Do Not Resuscitate”.  This is a very important paper filled out by the patient and his or her doctor. It addresses whether someone who is terminally ill or i

The decision has been tabled.

Oooooh.  Cracker, I'ma hold you to it!  Start wearing boxers, just in case.  They get less sweaty and would probably be easier to chew than cotton tighty-whities.

The 2007 Craig Stahl position statement:

The funny thing about politics is that you could explain, in plain language, the probable reasoning behind public statements - and yet the words don't make a bit of difference on the intended effect of the public statements. 

Where did you watch Saturday's Cedar Point fireworks display in Sandusky? Shoreline Park, Jackson Street Pier, Lyman Harbor or somewhere on the Chaussee?

I usually take the night off and ride my bike downtown to watch the show. It is much easier getting home on two wheels than on four.

The Plain Dealer's best-known columnist, Connie Schultz, has launched an effort to save America's declining newspaper industry with a new copyright law. 

Click this link and take a look at the color map. (It's a PDF file.

One of the macro trends of the news business for the last decade or so has been that there are more and more news outlets chasing fewer and fewer stories (you can read all about it at journalism.org; that particular observation was in last year's study, if