Posted on July 7, 2020 by rick
PBR In The Morning is a 3-man show once again this morning and this third of what we hope is your favorite way to start your day couldn’t be any happier. After a weeks vacation leading up to the holiday,
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Posted on June 26, 2020 by rick
As a new work day begins a lot of our friends and neighbors are preparing for another day in the work place with their faces covered because of Covid 19 pandemic related restrictions. Fortunately it’s not practical to wear a mask
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Posted on June 25, 2020 by rick
Yesterday as my bride and I were cleaning out the trunk on our car our 4 and 6 year old grand kids were surprised to see something they had never seen before. It was a map! A real map, all folded
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Posted on June 24, 2020 by rick
Last night was a very nice night in our little town. Not just because the temperatures were cool and the rain stayed away, but because lots of folks had a chance to do something that it seemed we wouldn’t be
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Posted on June 23, 2020 by rick
If you hadn’t seen the story first published in The Hill last Friday that the name Eskimo Pie would be removed from packaging for America’s first chocolate covered vanilla ice cream treat, you might think it was just an urban
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Posted on June 22, 2020 by rick
At any other time in our history you might think this was a tongue-in-cheek joke, but today I’m not sure. A petition drive that’s garnered more than 20,000 signatures demands the name of Ohio’s capital city be changed. The petition signers want
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Posted on June 19, 2020 by rick
There is nothing that should make you smile more on a Friday in June than the word that a new summer time day off may be in our future. Texas Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is backing legislation in congress
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Posted on June 18, 2020 by rick
There are a bunch of our neighbors and friends who deserve a shout out. They are the volunteers who are working hard trying to provide the rest of us with the summer time events and activities we’ve come to expect
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Posted on June 16, 2020 by rick
The trend we’ve been seeing of late of damaging, defacing or destroying statues and other historical artifacts that’s been occurring as an outgrowth of protests over the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, now threatens a street in
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Posted on June 15, 2020 by rick
Sports starved fans who’ve been looking forward to a potential start of a 2020 Major League Baseball season aren’t finding much to be positive about these days. Affluent major league baseball players and the richer owners of MLB teams have been
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Posted on June 12, 2020 by rick
The decision by Ohio Health Department director Doctor Amy Acton to resign came as somewhat of a surprise but could have been expected. Dr. Acton said she wanted to take some time off prior to assuming her new roll as Governor
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Posted on June 11, 2020 by rick
Perhaps because we are too busy working and living our lives, or maybe it’s because of fear, but it seems most Americans are unwilling to speak out loud about social issues facing our country. But what many seem to be willing
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Posted on June 10, 2020 by rick
We’ll be able to take the kids or grand kids to Ohio’s popular amusement parks starting next month if we want to, but doing so will be a lot more complicated than just jumping in to the car to head
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Posted on June 9, 2020 by rick
I’ve witnessed local state and federal governments do some things that have made me scratch my head over the past more than 40 years, but none more than the decision by the city council in Minneapolis to completely disband that
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Posted on June 8, 2020 by rick
In response to a story about possible covid 19 health consequences from being sprayed with tear gas I wrote in my blog last Friday that I didn’t know anyone who’d ever been sprayed with the stuff. Well, it turns out that
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Posted on June 5, 2020 by rick
As I begin my blog today I have to say that I have never been sprayed with tear gas, and I may live in a bubble but I can’t think of anyone I know who’s ever been sprayed with it.But
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Posted on June 4, 2020 by rick
The impact that Covid 19 related restrictions has had on Ohio’s businesses, industries and workers has been dramatic to be sure, but there’s another consequence that will be hard to calculate. That’s all of the community projects that won’t benefit from
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Posted on June 3, 2020 by rick
It’s a pretty safe bet that most school officials, parents and teachers were happy to hear Tuesday that the state of Ohio plans to allow a return to class room instruction for Ohio’s students when the new school year begins.
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Posted on June 2, 2020 by rick
With the average national news cycle lasting 24 to 36 hours the way that Corona Virus coverage has dominated the national media landscape since mid March has been unprecedented. I had wondered over the past several weeks what story it would
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Posted on June 1, 2020 by rick
I spent a lot of time over the weekend trying to think of something positive I could write a blog about for this mornings’ PBR in the morning show. After a week of rioting in many major U.s. cities and with
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