Local
Saturday, July 31, 7pm
Lincoln Theater, 769 E. Long St.
This event is free and open to the public.
Presented by State Auto Insurance Companies, the Lincoln Theatre Association will hold a Walk of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, July 31, at 7pm, to memorialize three Columbus natives who have made outstanding community contributions through their professional careers—jazz musician Arnett Howard, artist Roman Johnson and poet Charles “Is Said” Lyons. These local trailblazers will be honored during a ceremony that will include a multi-genre tribute to their lives and work. The second half of the ceremony will then move outdoors to reveal the new stars on the Walk of Fame. The event is free and open to the public with pre-registration. The indoor ceremony will also be available online. Both in-person and online registration can be secured at www.LincolnTheatreColumbus.com.
Dennis Kucinich was a hero of mine.
His newly released book, The Division of Light and Power (Finney Avenue Books), is all about how he became a hero to me nearly five decades ago when he was first a Cleveland City Councilman and then, for one glorious but controversial term, was the mayor of Cleveland, then the largest and most powerful city in Ohio.
The book is well worth reading if you, like me, were old enough to be aware of Kucinich's rise to power. If you are younger and want to learn about the era, the book will enlighten you as well.
I was living 60 miles to the south in my hometown of Ashland, Ohio. We got all of our TV and much or our radio from Cleveland, not to mention the Cleveland Plain Dealer, then the largest and most powerful newspaper in Ohio.
This column was first published in The Rooster.
I don’t know much about legal matters because I’ve tried avoiding them for most of my life, but one term I know thanks to watching Murder, She Wrote is “alibi.” It’s pretty straight forward –– if you weren’t at the scene of a crime when a crime happened, you probably didn’t commit that crime. Another axiom I’ve learned is “don’t mess with the FBI.” However, this was a new one –– what if someone who has been indicted by the FBI calls the cops on you for trespassing on their property while you’re in another state? Perhaps I should start from the beginning…
With vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant dropping to 39%, it is absurd to pursue a return to normal in the office. Make no mistake about the danger: the Delta surge forecast to grow much worse in the next few months. Indeed, the CDC is asking vaccinated people to wear masks and moving toward recommending booster shots.
The Keeling Curve continues to rise steadily
Measurements of the carbon dioxide content of the earth's atmosphere as a function of time have been made ever since 1958 at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The resulting graph is called the “Keeling Curve,” in honor of Charles David Keeling, who started the monitoring and continued it until his death in 2005.
Despite promises made at the 2015 Paris Conference, despite global concern about the threat of catastrophic climate change, despite massive worldwide protests organized by Greta Thunberg and her Fridays For The Future movement, despite the reduced emissions resulting from the COVID-19 lockdown, the Keeling Curve continues to rise steadily, and the carbon dioxide content of the earth's atmosphere continues to rise steadily. The rate at which the curve is rising is even increasing. We must conclude that despite all promises of action, we are not doing enough.
Two time-scales
Saturday, July 31, 10am, this on-line event requires advance registration
Dr. Paul Song was most recently on the faculty of the Samuel Oschin Cancer Center at Cedars Sinai Medical Center [in Los Angeles, California] and currently sees Medicaid and uninsured patients at Dignity California Hospital [also in Los Angeles, California].
Dr. Song is the current President of Physicians for a National Health Program California. He served as the co-chair of the Campaign for a Healthy California from 2017 to 2018 and was the very first visiting fellow on health care policy in the California Department of Insurance in 2013.
He is the chief operating officer/chief medical officer of NKMax America, Inc., a subsidiary of South-Korean-based ATGen Global, where he oversees all translational research and clinical programs. He is also the chief medical officer of Hawkeye Bio.
The new three-year labor deal between the City of Columbus and Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Cap City Lodge #9 shows once again our local law enforcement union is dictating its demands to the community instead of the community demanding the Columbus Division of Police become a more professional law enforcement agency so we don’t repeat the summer of 2020.
FOP Cap City Lodge #9 has repeatedly said the Division of Police is one of the best trained police agencies in the nation with phenomenal officers, as union President Keith Ferrel professed during a recent press conference.
The Free Press agrees the job of police can be dangerous and takes its toll on officers. Drug and gun epidemics continue to marginalize and terrorize areas of the community. The Free Press family has several members who work with at-risk youth and often interact with Columbus police, and their experiences have been positive for the most part.
The Environmental Protection Agency is working to craft a new rule to tackle methane and associated pollution from new and existing oil and gas operations, and they want to hear from you. Methane pollution from the oil and gas industry is fueling the climate crisis, and threatening the health and safety of our communities. It's time to do something about it. We need you to let EPA know that they can cut methane from oil and gas now, by submitting a written comment ahead of the September rule-making. We have the tools and technology to cut methane pollution from the oil and gas sector by as much as 65 percent below 2012 levels by 2025, but there is no time to waste.
Thank you for taking the time to learn about and take action on this very serious issue affecting ALL Ohio residents, the environment, and water sources of the ENTIRE state.
State and private actors have allowed the use and processing of radioactive oil and gas brine in our communities and state. However, Ohio Revised Code (Section 2927.24) makes it a crime to place a radioactive substance in a public place or waterway with the knowledge that it may cause serious harm. We are calling on the Attorney General and county prosecutors to investigate and prosecute this violation of the law.
To acquaint yourself with facts regarding the use and dangers of radioactive oil and gas brine being used as a deicer and dust suppressant in Ohio, please go to this link and review the information before speaking to elected officials and members of the community. https://www.ohiocrn.org/toxic-trespass