by madmin | Mar 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
INTRODUCTION Hello, I’m Harold Paddock an attorney, mediator, and author living in Central Ohio. When I’m not working, one of my favorite things is reading history, especially Civil War history. I have always admired President Lincoln and as I have learned more about...
by madmin | Oct 29, 2024 | Blog
All politicians lie. We can take that as a given. They lie by omission (not telling the whole truth) They lie by avoiding a question (answering a different question than the one asked.) They lie by evasion (directing a different question back to the original...
by madmin | Oct 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
There seems to be some confusion about State Issue 1 on Ohio’s ballot in November. Let me see if I can clear some things up. A prior ballot initiative changed Ohio’s method of drawing legislative districts. The thought was that a bipartisan board of elected officials...
by madmin | Oct 14, 2024 | Blog
While the reception since the publication of “The Moderates’ Manifesto” has been gratifying, it is worth noting that it is not my first book. Before this, I wrote and published on Amazon “The Voices at CERN,” a science fiction novel, and its sequel, “The Terror at...
by madmin | Oct 13, 2024 | Blog
Since “The Moderates’ Manifesto” became available online. In that brief time span, I communicated with several people about the book and why it would interest them. One factor stands out when I say that the book has the premise that the political extremes should be...