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No Kings III NYC

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A slice of the march featuring the Jewish Elders NYC and my take on Woody G’s All You Fascists Bound to…

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1931 is here again. We hope.

It’s 1931 again. Not 1933, with Hitler still just a cloud no bigger than a man’s hand. In 1931, America was in deep pain. Holding our breath.

Today, we’re holding our breath again…

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Guy Christensen: I Will Give My Life for a Free Palestine

American activist Guy Christensen wrote on his X account today: “I would sacrifice my life for a free Palestine.”

What compels a young American—with whom we share no ties of religion or…

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Video: No Kings 3.0 Columbus

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The Columbus, Ohio downtown version of No Kings 3.0 that was just part of the hundreds of nonviolent demonstrations in the nation…

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Artificial Intelligence is not Intelligent: Why AI is a New Form of Agency, and Why This Matters

March 30, 2026, 12:15 – 2:45 PM
Drinko Hall, Saxbe Auditorium, Moritz College of Law. 55 W 12th Ave Columbus, OH

We have always assumed that acting intelligently requires being intelligent. Artificial intelligence dismantles this assumption. In this lecture, Professor Floridi will argue that AI is best understood not as a new form of intelligence but as a radically new kind of agency: systems that act effectively, solve problems, shape outcomes, and carry significant consequences, without any understanding, intention, or genuine reasoning. What we have achieved is a decoupling of…

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Inconvenient Stores: A Community Crisis By Esther Flores BSN, RN

The State of Convenience Stores in Impoverished Neighborhoods

Today, convenience stores on the West Side and in other low-income areas of Columbus often exploit residents and make life more difficult for hardworking people who don't have a vehicle…

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Will the US-Israeli War on Iran Open the Road to Palestinian Freedom?

Some are expressing frustration that Iran’s conditions to end the war have not explicitly and unequivocally included a demand to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and dismantle the apartheid regime.

Among the…

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The Horror of Another Week In Washington

The past week has seen the usual mixture of developments flowing from the United States government that make one either want to laugh or cry. On the humor side, though with more than a bit of extreme disgust, there are the latest moves by the…

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Opposing War in Iran Is Not Supporting Tyranny

Opposing the ongoing war against Iran by the United States and Israel is not the same as supporting the Iranian regime. This distinction is critical, yet often deliberately obscured. The conflict, which began in late February 2026, is…

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