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On the Vandalism of the Eden Park Capitoline Wolf

On the Vandalism of the Eden Park Capitoline Wolf

The vandalism and destruction of the Eden Park Capitoline Wolf on June 17th is both disheartening and troubling. The Capitoline Wolf is not simply a monument, a statue to a war hero, president or otherwise famous person.  The original Capitoline Wolf statue is a work of art that resides in the Capitoline Museum in Rome.  Cincinnati’s faithful replica of this statue, publicly displayed in Eden Park, is also a work of art, and albeit a copy, a meaningful copy of…

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A Tale of Two Dictators

A Tale of Two Dictators

Greetings from the city of the Cincinnati, and as today is the anniversary of the assassination of Caligula, January 24, 41 CE, it seems appropriate to speak of dictators and tyrants.  Don’t let our moniker “The Queen City” fool you.  We’d brook th’ eternal devil to keep his state in Cincinnati as easily as a king.  We’re named after a group of Revolutionary War officers who pledged to return to public service after the war if their country needed them. …

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