Ideas for Wall Street Regualtion Reform

Headlines of tainted food, product recalls and dangerous pharmaceuticals seem common place but given the number of new products that consumers are exposed to every year the United States really has a pretty solid reputation for product safety and consumer protection. As our government considers new regulations for the banking and investment industries maybe we [...]

A Pretty Good Pot of Chili

I just started throwing stuff together from the back of the fridge and cupboards and ended up with a pretty good pot of chili tonight.  As best as I can remember, here’s what went in: 1 lb ground round 4 left-over Bob Evans sausage links, diced 1 pkg precooked Perdue Carved Chicken Breast, Southwestern Style, [...]

Infrastructure Enables Wealth

In 1824, the Ohio Legislature approved the financing for the construction of the Miami Erie Canal which connected the Lake Erie port of Toledo to the Ohio River in Cincinnati.  Once built, the canal boats carried timber south to the paper mills in Middletown and Hamilton in Butler County and swine to the growing number of sausage [...]