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The only way to resolve our national healthcare problems

Morton Tavel, MD and Paul Nolan, CPA

As Winston Churchill aptly put it, “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.” Although Churchill wasn’t referring to our present “system” of healthcare, he surely might as well have been! So,…

// Opinion
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City of Columbus now accepting applications for LGBTQ+ Affairs Commission

Monday, September 15,  Columbus City Council President Shannon G. Hardin and Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther announced that the city is now accepting applications for the newly formed LGBTQ+ Affairs Commission.

The LGBTQ+ Affairs…

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Mystic Café Variety Show and Open Mic - call for performers

SoulCall Global invites you to our fun Mystic Cafe Variety Show and Open Mic Friday October 24, 2025. 

Help SoulCall Global raise money to buy Christmas toys for kids and enjoy an old fashioned variety show…

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Thank you, Sen. Beth Liston, for not entertaining genocide

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

I was happy and grateful to learn from the staff of Senator Beth Liston that she canceled her plan to take part in the propaganda tour to Israel that was planned and paid for by the Israeli lobby (AIPAC) that was intended to whitewash the Israeli…

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