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How Two Republican Presidents Helped Destroy Our Foreign Policy In The Middle East
The current situation in Afghanistan is undeniably linked to the 1990-1991 Gulf War. This earlier conflict could have been prevented if then President George H.W. Bush had told Saddam Hussein that Iraq would be blasted back into the stone age if…
// Opinion
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The Slaughterhouse Speed Trap and The Laws of The Jungle
A century after Upton Sinclair’s exposé "The Jungle" ripped open the carcass of America’s meatpacking industry and shocked the nation, the horrors of America’s slaughterhouse industry just got worse
Sows in Factory Farm Gestation Crates, courtesy…
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Public Education Dollars Continue to Be Gutted
Mayor Ginther's and Columbus City Council's decades long continuation of granting tax abatements to wealthy developers and corporations have robbed hundreds of millions of dollars from our Columbus Public School coffers, let alone contributing to…
// Opinion
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Bus Style Activities - Blueprint -1988
I don’t know where Blueprint’s 2005 record, 1988 stands in the history of Columbus records. I know it’s one of the best albums our city has ever released. I just haven’t made a ranking.
In the least, I won’t rank every Columbus record I…
// Opinion