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Ain't No Love in the Heart - An arterial freeway need not run through it
I-71 really doesn't seem like a green line. Even with the new sound barriers, it's as pastoral a tank-moving thoroughfare as there could be in a major metropolitan city. I certainly don't ever remember going through any checkpoints as a…
Syria is an Epic Victory for the SuperPower of Peace
The United States is not now bombing Syria.
Let’s savor that again: for the moment at least, the United States is not now bombing Syria.
That alone qualifies as an epic, unprecedented victory for…
Addendum: Welcome to the Machine
In last week’s cover story, Bob Fitrakis described the “command and control” nature of Columbus’s all At-Large City Council structure that came from the great industrialists of America in the 1890s – 1920’s. (“We want to make car, you…
Columbus Police attack permitted Daymon Day memorial parade for local artist. Gas used, arrests made.
On Saturday, September 14, the Columbus Community held the Eighth annual Daymon Day Parade, an event that commemorates the life and work of Columbus Hip-Hop artist, bridge builder and icon Daymon Dodson. Dodson died unexpectedly…