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BUSTING MYTHS: Update to “Ohio State isn’t having a crime crisis; it’s having a leadership crisis”
Note: My apologies for misspelling Chase Meola’s last name. No offense was intended. To other readers, I am not minimizing the very real crime problems. As a retired professor, University District homeowner, and critic of the…
How Chevron imprisoned environmental lawyer Steven Donziger
The tall, grey-haired, 60-year-old attorney Steven Donziger gave a final hug to his son last Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. Donziger had spent over two years confined in his Manhattan apartment, restricted by a judge-ordered GPS ankle bracelet. And…
Tax Abatement Regulated CRA’s Are Not The Answer for Affordable Housing
Former Columbus City Council candidate Joe Motil continues his years of objecting to the City of Columbus providing developers with tax abatements if they set aside a small percentage of housing units for those with annual incomes from…
Veteran suicides…help in some way for what you hold dear
We republish this article from 2015. US Army veteran Gena Smith (pictured above) served in Iraq as an intelligence specialist and experience combat many times during her year-long deployment. She is also a victim of Military Sexual Trauma or MST…