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Book Review: The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate by Tom Brokaw
On January 22, 2021, Tom Brokaw rendered his resignation as reporter at NBC News, where he had been for the last fifty-five years. He closed out his stellar career at NBC as the only newsman to have anchored all three of its biggest news shows.…
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Return part of Grandview’s Runaway Bay to everyone by building a public beach
Let’s face it. Columbus needs to be more like Austin.
Both are state capitals and have massive urban public universities. Both are left-leaning oases. Both began to explode in growth during the 1990s, and for the most part remain…
// Opinion
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325 Organizations Propose Climate Solution You’ve Never Heard Of
Yesterday something that has become tiresomely routine happened; I spoke to a college class about the most obvious climate solution, and neither the students nor the professor had ever heard of it. The 325 organizations (and climbing) listed at…
// Opinion
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Columbus' homeless problem
Recently I have become aware of the homeless community in Columbus. The first thing I have observed is the ecological impact. The pictures are of a homeless encampment under I-70 East bound on Central Avenue. Much of the embankment of I-70 East…
// Opinion