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A Pickaway County resident spoke out last night against re-zoning for the Anduril Arsenal-1 Hypersonic Missile plant proposed for his community, warning that a munitions facility in central Ohio could be a target in future wars.
Free Press reporters attended the Pickaway County, Madison Township Zoning Commission meeting Thursday, November 20, observing a presentation by proponents of re-zoning requests by Anduril plant representatives and witnessed the adamant remarks from the opposition.
Jewish Voice for Peace organized a Zoom call with Tom Hayes, local filmmaker and participant Gaza humanitarian aid mission in late September.
Following his kidnapping and imprisonment in Israel, Tom returned to his home in Columbus on October 12.
Tom is a long-time advocate of Palestinian rights and a documentary filmmaker. In the 1980s, he filmed in Palestinian refugee camps and has produced three long-form documentaries on the denial of Palestinians’ rights. His 1985 documentary “Native Sons: Palestinians In Exile,” narrated by Martin Sheen, follows the lives of three refugee families living in Lebanon’s camps. His 2015 film “Two Blue Lines,” explores the impact of Jewish settlement on the Palestinians, from before the creation of the state of Israel to the present day. Hayes most recently co-directed “Voyage of the Handala,” an independent documentary about the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, is premiering Oct. 27 at Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival in Spain.
Tom is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace Central Ohio.
De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur aka Dove died Feb 12, 2023. Dave was the Andre 3000 of De La Soul. Dove was soft-spoken, vulnerable and clever. David Jolicoeur’s death is central for comprehending De La Soul’s new album Cabin the Sky as an artistic innovation.
De La Soul is one of the most important groups in music. In Hip Hop, I liked to think about De La Soul as our Sonic Youth or Velvet Underground. De La Soul in a recent interview with the Breakfast Club said Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt were who De La Soul relates with from the newest generation.
De La Soul were the smart kids who were funny. De La Soul is a weird catch in music. De La Soul’s 3 Feet High And Rising, De La Soul is Dead and Buhlune Mind-state are experimental and artistic in the realm of Daydream Nation or Velvet Underground and Nico.
De La Soul then went minimal and serious.
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Columbus Free Press Libby Award, November 9, 2025
Bob Krasen, Healthcare for All Ohioans
Comments after the award presentation
A TV Commercial ad is based on 3 simple questions. “What’s the bad news? What’s the good news? And What’s the difference?”
The Bad News?
The people in the USA have a 3 year shorter life expectancy than our neighbors to the north in Canada.
The USA is not one of the 58 countries in the world which provide necessary healthcare to their people.
Our infant and maternal mortality are the highest among first world nations.
Hospitals are closing where they ar most needed: in the inner cities and rural communities.
Doctors are tired of playing “Mommy may I?” with insurers, drug companies, and hospitals, having to get prior authorizations.
Clearly, the USA healthcare payment system not working for us.
The good news?
On behalf of the citizens of the City of Columbus I want to apologize to Ms. Averi Townsend for how she was treated by Emanuel Remy and our elected City Council. You deserve better. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and kindness by the people we elect. The politicians who sit above us in City Hall are not entitled to anything other than the opportunity to help us become better than we were yesterday. In this they failed miserably and you suffered for their shortcomings. And unfortunately, they will never admit that they were wrong.
City Council has forgotten that in addition to showing up to meetings, their part-time job must also include love. Love for themselves first and the love of helping other people second. They lack empathy and you were the target of how little they care about us. They have no motivation to change.
Without Hardin, Remy would never have been elected.
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan play songs not so complimentary of Trump.
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Although the world is experiencing severe global crises, there are new efforts underway to create a more effective means of coping with them.
The crises are clear enough. They include vast slaughter in horrific wars, worldwide climate catastrophe, massive population displacement, and deepening poverty.
Moreover, these disastrous situations are likely to worsen in coming years. Modern wars are fought with increasingly devastating weapons, and preparations for nuclear war have escalated to the level of global annihilation. Similarly, time is running out for saving the planet from an environmental cataclysm, which will surely lead to heightened displacement and poverty.
The Columbus Free Press lost a member of our community Saturday, November 15, 2025. Michael Eckhardt passed on to the spirit world after a courageous journey battling lung disease.
Michael wrote for the Free Press since the 1990s, covering Native American topics, particularly his work with the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee (LPDC). He served as Regional Director, member of the National and International Speakers Bureau, member of the LPDC Advisory Board, and his last position was being appointed a member of the LPDC Executive Council. Michael also represented the national LPDC at the 1995 United Nations Working Group for Indigenous People in Geneva. After that he was given the responsibility for maintenance and oversight of over 100 support groups worldwide.
California's sees record growth in battery storage
At the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference in Brazil, California Governor Newsom announced that California has reached a record level of battery storage, with 16,942 megawatts (MW) of capacity available. This is a massive buildout that's redefining grid reliability and accelerating the state's transition to 100 percent clean energy.
The new total marks an increase of about 1,200 MW in the past six months and a 2,100 percent surge in storage capacity since 2019. California has now built one-third of the storage capacity estimated to be needed by 2045 to reach its clean energy goals.
California has more installed battery capacity than every other jurisdiction on the planet except for China. Within the United States, California leads all states in installed storage capacity, followed by Texas which has roughly 9,000 MW of battery capacity.