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Five LGBTQ+ Ohio Questions for 2025

This article first appeared on the Buckeye Flame

Let’s face it: 2024 ended pretty terribly for LGBTQ+ Ohioans. 

On December 19, Ohio’s Republican lawmakers passed a bill that will force teachers and school staff to out LGBTQ+…

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Map and photos of site

Octagon rises again after rich white men vacate its land

Today, January 1st, 2025, is the first day in the new life of the Octagon in Newark (Ohio) as it opens to full public access after being besieged by a golf course over the previous century.

This Native American-built geometric structure,…

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Harvard

Trouble in Ivy League Paradise?

It turns out that it’s not easy, according to some claims, even in this time of great inequity, to manufacture elites – even in super selective universities and the vaunted Ivy League colleges based in the United States.

There’s no question…

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Dan and Bob holding signs with palindromes

Everybody Knows - songs with the names "Bob" and "Dan"

Dr. Bob and Dan-o picked songs that include their names like Dr. Robert by the Stones, Bobby is his Name, Daniel by Elton John, Danny Boy and some unexpected picks such as "Bob" by Weird Al -- a Bob Dylan-esque song entirely made up of…

// Opinion
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