Don Banks: Next team will make or break Leinart

Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we digest the news coming forth on the NFL's final cut-down day of preseason.....

'Sons of Anarchy's' Kurt Sutter lives up to his 'wild one' reputation

Ex-addict, foul-mouthed, hot-tempered, he's also the driving force behind the respected drama. For a guy who has outlaw biker gangs rumbling around in his head, Kurt Sutter is fairly …. well, "nice" doesn't seem the right word, but he's literate and reflective and usually quite reasonable. The times when he gets riled up, though, are what everyone talks about.

My overall views about foreign immigrants taking jobs away from local Singapore Citizens

I am a 34-year old male Singaporean, single, and who has completed National Service duties between March 1994 to March 1996. I possess a Masters Degree in Economics, and a MBA. My Bachelors Degree is in Banking and Finance. I have spent the last ten years since 2000 studying, residing, and working in the United [...]

Dems' prospects threatened by economic woes

Frustrated, discouraged and just plain mad, a lot of people who have lost jobs — or know someone who has — now want to see the names of Democrats on pink slips. And that's jeopardizing the party's chances in Ohio and all across the country in November's elections.

Passion for Dragons, baseball inspires host family

Since childhood, when he remembers attending Cincinnati Reds spring training games with his family, Trent Beighle has been taken with baseball.Appropriately enough, it was on a similar trip in 2001 that the idea of having Dayton Dragons stay in his house first sounded like a good idea. Baseball was new here, and Trent and wife Valerie were looking for a way to help it thrive.