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9/11 musical gives zoo officials a chance to change the topic

On Sunday, Dec. 5, dozens of theater lovers gathered at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Africa Event Center to hear about the strange connection between the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a remote Canadian town and the zoo itself. In a related activity…

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Protestor being maced

Man in the screenshot opens up about summer of 2020 and leaving Columbus

It is arguably the most significant image from Columbus in the year 2020, and that’s saying a lot. It’s not an actual photo, but a screen shot of a video, one which went viral.


The man throwing up his arms (“Don’t shoot!”) is 31-year-old…

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Harvey J Graff

Busting Myths: Columbus searches for its Downtown with historical, urbanist, and developers’ blinders

Quietly, as usual, the undemocratic apparatuses of the City of Columbus make their moves.


On Friday, Dec. 10, the Columbus Dispatch briefly reported “Massive hanging sculpture proposed for Downtown.”


The next day, Dispatch reporter…

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At Long Last, Ban Weaponized Drones

Former President Barack Obama recently tweeted that the day of a school shooting was the worst day of his presidency. Well, it certainly shouldn’t have been a good day, but, seriously, what the filibuster? Was it a bad day because children were…

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