Recent Articles

Livestreaming local meetings brings new accessibility

By Jim DeBrosse | November 10, 2025

But also some embarrassing moments for local officials.
(Originally published in The Indiana Capital Chronicle)

The Election Guide: Republican Cory Bowman Mounts Long-Shot Challenge to Mayor Aftab Pureval

By Jim DeBrosse | October 29, 2025

Bowman, in his own amateur way, is pointing out vulnerabilities among local Democrats in two areas — public safety and the housing market.
(Originally published in CityBeat)

Was Israel part of the conspiracy to kill JFK?

By Jim DeBrosse | October 8, 2025

Israel’s leaders perceived JFK’s presidency as an existential threat to their fledgling nation. And there is mounting historical evidence that Israel’s intelligence services likely played a key role in financing and covering up JFK’s assassination.
(Originally published in Electronic Intifada)

See No Evil

By Jim DeBrosse | March 19, 2018

Why do the mainstream media marginalize and ridicule more plausible conspiracy theories when the majority of Americans long ago wrote off the Warren Report as a cover-up? See No Evil analyzes the built-in biases of the U.S. corporate media, exposes its complicity in the whitewashing, and advocates for the broadest possible investigation into the motives and key players who may have been responsible for the Crime of the Twentieth Century.

The Secret in Building 26

By Jim DeBrosse | April 20, 2004

The Secret in Building 26 is a history of America’s heroic effort to break the Nazi’s toughest Enigma codes during World War II. And the heart of the operation was hidden in a nondescript factory building at NCR in Dayton, Ohio. The Washington Post said the book “needs to be read… by those who want to understand the indispensible role of information technology in modern warfare.”

Hidden City

By Jim DeBrosse | January 1, 1991

In Hidden City, a plot to spread plague among Cincinnati’s homeless population leads investigative reporter Rick Decker underground into the city’s long-abandoned subway tunnels. Set in Cincinnati’s historic Over-the-Rhine and Brewery districts, this is the second mystery novel in the Rick Decker series, and a Mystery Book Fan Club selection.

The Serpentine Wall

By Jim DeBrosse | January 1, 1988

When six college football stars die in a suspicious after-hours fire on a luxurious riverboat nightclub, reporter Rick Decker’s investigation runs up against both organized crime and an overzealous county prosecutor.

Southern Cross

By Jim DeBrosse | January 1, 1994

In Southern Cross, the disappearance of a wealthy heir on a Caribbean cruise takes Decker to the British Virgin Islands, where the beauty of the setting is matched only by the treachery of the plot he uncovers.

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