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Dear Free Press,
President Trump’s steady following among his base of support is worth a reflection. No matter how often he “spins” the truth on matters large or small, and acts like a “bully” to demean those who have another view, his followers persist.
Psychiatrist Scott Peck followed up his famous, The Road Less Traveled, with a rather frightening book entitled, People of the Lie, 1983.
A summary of People of the Lie found in Wikipedia, captures what Peck said:
Saturday, June 22, 2-4pm
Ohio Statehouse, Broad and High Streets
Next week, Racist-In-Chief is planning a mass round up and deportation of immigrants. We need as many people as possible to come fight this. We will meet at the statehouse for a moment of speaking, then march to the leveque tower where the Columbus ICE office is to protest Trump's upcoming mass deportation plan and say the names of victims of ICE and detention camp brutality.
Thursday, June 20
Every minute, 25 people are forced to flee their home because of war, conflict and persecution.
As a population that is still largely stigmatized and oppressed in most areas of the world, the LGBTQ community is used to an extra set of challenges in their lives, including finding a work-life balance. In the U.S., this is an area where many Americans struggle in general, with about 26% of employees working between 45 to 59 hours each week, and 12% working over 60 hours a week.
How much an employee works directly affects their work-life balance, but factor in how comfortable they feel at work and this may further affect it. According to a qualitative study of 53 LGB employees across various industries in the U.S., most LGBTQ families feel that their family identity is stigmatized at their workplace. This has a large effect on their work-life balance because they feel forced to separate their work from their home-life.
Never in the history of First Ladies’ memoirs has there been a book so eagerly awaited as the one written by Michelle Obama. When Becoming hit the stores on November 13, 2018, it took only a week for the book to rocket to No. 1 in the New York Times Book Review, and is still a top ranked book in a dozen countries. According to Crown Publishing, more than six million units in all formats and editions have been sold in the U. S. and Canada, andBecoming has been translated into forty-four languages. The hardcover version of Becoming has sold more copies than any other nonfiction hardcover book published since 2007; it has sold more copies in 2018 than any other book published that year.
Mrs. Obama embarked on a tour that took her throughout the United States and Europe where she spoke in sold out venues; additional dates were added in the last several months. She has been met with rapturous crowds that are more common for rock stars than authors.
Columbus-based bestselling author Astone Jackson’s second volume of poetry, “Hoping For The Best, Just Hoping Nothing Happens,” was released June 14 and is a follow-up to his first collection of poetry, “The Secrets We Keep That Keep Us From Sleeping,” also an Amazon bestseller, published in 2017. The book is available on Amazon as well as local bookstores such as The Book Loft in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus.
The second volume debuted at No. 1 for new releases in Amazon LGBTQ+ poetry over Pride Weekend in Columbus. In his second book, Jackson, who identifies as bisexual, opens up about his sexuality, writing about same-sex as well as opposite-sex relationships. In this way, Jackson is “coming out” to readers and some people in his life with this volume.
Jackson, 28, is originally from Findlay, Ohio, and lived in West Chester before moving to the Columbus area in 2018. He explained how his passion for writing developed as he coped with the fallout from past relationships and explored new ones.
Poetry is all about honesty and human connection, Jackson said, and in his writing he never pulls a punch.
JUNE 18
Event: Reeb Avenue Community Dinner and Engagement Forum
Location: Reeb Avenue Center, 280 Reeb Avenue Time: 6/18/2019
JUNE 19
Event: Chief and Me-Community Engagement Forum
Location: Marion-Franklin High School Cafeteria, 1265 Koebel Road Time: 6/19/2019
Share you thoughts about what you want in the next Columbus Chief of Police!
Everyone’s a buzz. No, not that kind! Both traditional and social media seem to be buzzing about what’s wrong with the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program. Missed deadlines. Onerous restrictions. Exorbitant license fees. Sky high prices. Poor supply. Even illnesses. What gives?
First, the good news. From January to May 19th, 892 pounds of plant material and 6,719 units of processed product were sold, generating 51,278 receipts totaling $7.3 million. Patient purchasers numbered 15,339, representing about half of those eligible.
Sounds OK, right? If removing the sickest from the drug war battlefield was the objective, then success! Despite the poundage and product, no one got arrested, no one went to jail, no one forfeited assets, and no one carried a lifetime scar on their record for possessing, buying or selling.
That said, comparatively, other states evidence Ohio’s short comings.
Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 4:45 – 7:45 PM
Hosted by Columbus Education Association. On June 4th, the Columbus City Schools Board announced that it will hire a firm to provide “alternative staffing” (unqualified scabs) in the event of a CEA strike for the purpose of keeping school operations running. This decision is both unsafe for our students, and a waste of resources that could be used towards working with CEA to build the Schools. Join us as we pack the June 18th Board Meeting to stand up for our students and send a message: Columbus Students Deserve School Counselors, School Nurses, School Librarians, Not Scabs. We will meet in the STRS plaza across the street at 4:45pm and walk in together.
Location: Columbus City Schools, 270 E. State St., 43215.
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