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What you missed at the April 2023 Free Press Second Saturday Salon

Free Press readers gathered Saturday evening, April 8, for a Cyber-Salon.

Link to salon video.

Mark Stansbery, Free Press Board member, started out the salon by introducing the two speakers, progressive candidates for the general…

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Busting Myths: Rob Dorans and the real Columbus “crew” vs. the city of Columbus, again

Dear unrepresentative council member Rob Dorans,

May I give you a tour of Columbus or any other city in the US or the world? Have you ever been to a functional city with credible urban planners and traffic engineers? Do you know what an…

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Office of Violence Prevention? Columbus’ Homicide Rate Escalates and Director Clark Bails Out.

City of Columbus mayoral candidate Joe Motil says, “Andy Ginther continues to spout off about crime numbers being down and how he is going to make Columbus, Ohio “the safest city in America” while he reduces the police force. At the same moment,…

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Busting Myths: The New York Times, Universities, and the Humanities: History and Clarity

I submitted this “guest essay” to the New York Times following publication their fourth error-filled opinion essay about universities and the humanities in less than one month. Not surprisingly, they did not publish it. I turn to the Columbus…

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