Don’t Fight for the Soul of the Party

An article in Politico written just before the 2022 election contrasts two sides of a fissure within the Democratic party, each determined to convince the party to adopt their strategy. On one side, we have the centrists who believe vocal progressives frighten away...

Montgomery County, Ohio Prosecutor Bonus Investigation

While working for Reconstructing Dayton, we received a tip that the county prosecutor was handing out extremely large end-of-year bonuses with the surplus budget. This budget would normally go back to the county. The investigation revealed that this practice was...

When Fact and Fiction Collide

Note: Movie links are affiliate links. If you intend to rent any of these through Amazon Prime, please click through and help pay my hosting bill. Back in 1999, one of my friends stumbled upon the Blair Witch website, which touted the film as a documentary and...

Tower Heist

Rating Throughout the aughts I persistently made the mistake of doubting Ben Stiller. He kept dropping trailers that made me think, “okay, this time he did it, he’s put out a piece of garbage.” Then, after eventually seeing the movie, I would be...