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Chris Hedges’ latest book, The Greatest Evil Is War, is a terrific title and even better text. It doesn’t actually argue a case for war being a greater evil than other evils, but it sure does present evidence that war is tremendously evil. And I think in this moment of nuclear weapons threats, we can consider the case pre-established.
Yet the fact that we’re at major risk of nuclear apocalypse may not interest or move some people the way that the case made in this book might.
Of course, Hedges is honest about the evil on both sides of the war in Ukraine, which is quite rare and may either do a great deal of good persuading readers or prevent a lot of readers getting very far into his book — which would be a shame.
Hedges is brilliant on the supreme hypocrisy of the U.S. government and media.
He’s also excellent on the experiences of U.S. war veterans, and the horrible suffering and regrets that many of them have.
This book is also powerful in its descriptions of the shameful, dirty, and disgusting gore and stench of war. This is the opposite of the romanticization of war so prevalent on tv and computer screens.
Mystery-thriller “Don't Worry Darling” is Olivia Wilde's sophomore outing as a director; she made “Book Smart,” a brilliant coming-of-age buddy comedy film. Florence Pugh and Harry Styles play Alice and Jack Chambers. They live in what appears to be the fifties, "American Dream" type of home in a town called Victory, a desert-paradise visual look and feel to Palm Springs. It's picture-perfect; all the houses have modern-midcentury architecture and decor, surrounded by pools, palm trees, and never-ending cocktail hours. Chris Pine is Frank, the inspirational leader of the Victory Project.
The men put on their suits and drive off to work in beautiful vintage automobiles, to work at the mysterious Victory Project, which they swear consists of "developing progressive materials." Before their husbands leave, the wives happily send them off with lunch, only to welcome them home at the end of the day with a whiskey, a three-course meal, and whatever else will make them happy.
Tuesday, October 4, 7pm, Capital University Law School [Law Library], 303 E. Broad St.
What if you were sentenced to death for a crime you didn’t commit?
The #NoDeathPenaltyOH campaign, in partnership with our friends at Witness to Innocence and the Ohio Innocence Project, is thrilled to announce a statewide tour featuring the voices of men and women who spent years — sometimes decades — on death row, for crimes they didn’t commit.
This event will feature Kwame Ajamu, Joe D’Ambrosio, Derrick Jamison, Ray Krone, and Sabrina Butler-Smith.
This event will take place in the Law Library.
Hosted by Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center, Ohioans to Stop Executions, and ACLU of Ohio.
The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly was, in many ways, similar to the 76th session and many other previous sessions: at best, a stage for rosy rhetoric that is rarely followed by tangible action or, at worse, a mere opportunity for some world leaders to score political points against their opponents.
This should surprise no one. For many years, the UN has been relegated to the role of either a cheerleader for the policy of great powers, or a timid protester of sociopolitical, economic or gender inequalities. Alas, as the Iraq war proved nearly thirty years ago, and as the Russia-Ukraine war is proving today, the UN seems the least effective party in bringing about global peace, equality and security for all.
Monday, October 3, 2022, 6:30 PM
We've got an opportunity to Share Our Values and Vote Our Values. What we do over the next 6 weeks will have a big impact on what we can do over the next 6 years.
The Ohio Supreme Court has been the deciding factor for many of the ACLU's pushes to protect and expand our civil liberties and civil rights. This October, we'll work to ensure that we're reaching thousands of Ohioans to let them know our values are on the ballot. During this meeting we will talk about how we intend to reach out to thousands of Ohioans, lead them through discovering their personal values, and ensuring that the know who is on the Ballot and how that may impact their values.
Do bosses trust employees to be productive when working remotely? Not according to a new survey by Citrix of 900 business leaders and 1,800 knowledge workers - those who can do their job remotely.
Half of all business leaders believe that when employees are working “out of sight,” they don’t work as hard. Yet this belief contradicts the facts.
Do bosses trust employees to be productive when working remotely? Not according to a new survey by Citrix of 900 business leaders and 1,800 knowledge workers - those who can do their job remotely.
Half of all business leaders believe that when employees are working “out of sight,” they don’t work as hard. Yet this belief contradicts the facts.
Sunday, October 2, 1-3pm
934 Gallery, 934 Cleveland Ave.
We are having a Queer Youth Art workshop and Garden Beautification event that we know you will love. Come join us as we give back to our precious community, honor our ancestors and create a safe space for our futures.
So come out and bring the kiddos, & the fam for a day of fun in the sun (while it last).
Visual ASL Interpreters provided for all Columbus Community Pride events.
Please contact cbuscommunityprideinterpreters@gmail.com to request close vision or tactile interpreters for all events
Should we take up a public collection to send Columbus’ “mayor,” at-large unrepresentative city councilors, and non-expert department heads to visit Toronto? Every Columbus resident and voter suspicious of the “Columbus Way” and “Opportunity for ‘a few’ city” should spend time just north of the US-Canadian border in Toronto, Ontario, now the 4th largest city in North America. Canada’s largest city and Ontario’s capital is at once a great city and a challenged city, with countless lessons to teach the much smaller, alienating, undemocratic city with no identity and no history, Columbus, Ohio. We could require our “leaders” to pass a course on cities and urbanism 101 before taking office and for continuing in office.
Two weeks ago, I visited the city where I lived from 1970-1975 while I completed graduate studies at the University of Toronto. To add context, my partner and I were Landed Immigrants, not Resident Aliens, and received free health care instituted not by socialists but by Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party. Tuition at one of the hemisphere’s premier public universities was (and is) far less than comparable US institutions.
Saturday, October 1, 2-5pm
Four Seasons City Farm, 931 E. Mound St.
Music, arts and crafts, cooking demos, and a visit from Leo, a miniature Appaloosa horse.