Tuesday, February 25, 2003

Trade pact negotiators meet public
This is a nice column about Cincinnati and the role it can play with international trade. Chiquita provides a positive history of international trade experience, but some of that history is mired in bad labor relations. P&G is an international juggernaut that has the clout and experience to make up for Chiquita's failings.

CAFTA meetings one might think would bring out the Stalinists or at least the Unions. I have heard about little except for this blip from the indymedia.org folks, better known as the mouthpiece of the transnational progressive movement and the quasi-anarchists.
Local Crews Could See Record Number Of Potholes
West Bound Columbia Parkway between Beechmont and Dead Man's curve has a 100-yard stretch with about 20 huge potholes. The Parkway has several other big holes closer to Delta. It is like dodging chipmunks on my commute into work.
NKU Professors sue former finance chair
This type of academic research scandal is not usually associated with business schools, this case with the Finance Department. The data collection on business is not something that can be faked easily. The data would generally be from known sources, not from self-generated processes, like medical testing for example, where a researcher could make up data more easily. This is an interesting tactic these professors are taking to save their reputations from the stink of the former department chair.

The Notherner, student newspaper at NKU, puts Miami's to shame. The Miami Student may be the oldest the in country, but age does not equate to quality.
Based on this post Zee over at Spiced Sass has drunk the Freeper kool-aid. I think someone needs a vacation.
Chris Anderson picks up on the problem with the boycott's lack of consistency in definition and scope.
John Schlagetter catches the CJC in an apparently blatant lie. That is unfortunately not unusual based on my observations.
County will revise Memorial Hall lease
Phil Heimlich "doesn't want "hate-mongers" to be allowed to use it." Phil wants to keep the boycotters and the Nation of Islam out of Memorial Hall. Here I have a mixed view point. I do not want county property to be used by hate groups, which the Nation of Islam is. I would say the CJC members are hate-mongers, but their group has yet to take a formal hate-based position. I also do not want the government, the county, curtailing free speech. What I do not want to see is the county allow other groups preaching hate to use the facility. I do not want to see Phil's buddies at the CCV to use the facility if the CJC can't. Todd Portune also needs to rethink this quote:"When you talk about the boycotters, there you've got an issue of, I think, pure political speech and not hate speech," he said. I guess Todd has not heard the speech from the Black Fist or the new and defused CJC.