* A trip to the bookstore today helped confirm my beliefs. On the clearance table were the Presidential biographies of George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, and Richard Nixon. These biographies, written for children, just are not selling well.
* Do you ever wonder if people go into Whole Foods just to sample all the food? Saturdays seem that way.
* There has been some new job growth in Columbus. Nationwide Insurance will move 1400 jobs from Dublin to downtown Columbus, according to an article in the Dispatch:
.....In recent times, the city and its partners have announced:
• The expansion of Nationwide Children's Hospital, creating 2,000 good-paying jobs.
• The expansion of JPMorgan Chase, bringing 1,000 new jobs to Columbus.
• The Hilton Columbus Downtown convention hotel, which will create 550 jobs.
• The creation of 500 jobs with Huntington Bank, which also pledged to keep its headquarters Downtown for the next 20 years.
• A partnership with the Ohio State Medical Center, resulting in 6,000 new jobs.
• A manufacturing facility for electric-car battery maker CODA Automotive, which could create 1,325 jobs.
• The relocation of Canadian clothing company La Senza to Columbus, which will bring in 80 jobs....
We owe all this job creation to Gov. Strickland and Mayor Coleman.
* Do you remember this New York Times (8/2/96) article about John Kasich's response to criticism of the new welfare plan? New York Times:
Representative John R. Kasich, chairman of the House Budget Committee, today admonished governors who have complained about parts of the Republican-sponsored welfare plan ''to stop bellyaching.''
Mr. Kasich, an Ohio Republican, said states like New York, whose Constitution requires the government to care for the needy, should consider changing their laws.....
....But in a breakfast meeting with reporters today, Mr. Kasich noted that the New York Constitution's provision mandating ''aid, care and support of the needy'' was about as old as the Federal welfare guarantee that Republicans were now dismantling.....
How interesting. Kasich seems very cold with regard to the poor. He didn't care about those people who were struggling then, and he doesn't care about them now. Kasich, and his conveniently published book about his prayer group, seems to be the antithesis of his lack of compassion for the "aid, care and support of the needy" he expressed in 1996. Does Kasich think that those passages to care for the poor that are included in the Bible (see Link) are too old to follow too?
