Everybody knows that the Official State Bird of Ohio is the Cardinal because The Cardinals are the Major League Baseball team The Cardinals play out of … um .. St. Louis, Missori … well, darn – forget that. Let me try again. Everybody knows that the Official Tree of Ohio is the Buckeye because we […]

So many of the products that we use on a regular basis today, we know who invented it and when and often how. But, some things are just complicated. Like … the television. Who invented the TV? Nobody knows. Actually, we do, and it’s just too complicated to come up with an answer.  Technically speaking,

If there is one thing I’ve learned from looking at the history of cinema, it’s that there have always been those who, for whatever reason, don’t like certain films and then get upset when others don’t feel the same. Some say there is too much violence, often trying to cite violent movies as the cause

The city of Ashtabula, Ohio is a lovely place along Lake Erie, less than an hour’s drive northeast of Cleveland. It’s also the place where one of the more horrific accidents in history occurred, and part of the reason why I almost always hold my breath while crossing a bridge in this state.  Very near

For many years, anyone going through Cincinnati’s Union Terminal after 1931 was most likely greeted by a series of murals, each depicting hard working citizens going about their jobs. And each also had some connection to the city itself.  Like many forms of art, most people walked past the murals without giving it that much