Columbus Freepress Local News & Events
Proponents of Issue 1: Columbus is the nation’s second most economically segregated large city
If approved at the August 2 special election, Issue 1 will end Columbus’ seven-member city council whose members are all elected citywide (i.e., “at large”). Replacing it will be a council consisting of 10 members elected from districts of the…
Black Lives Matter march draws backlash from the shadows and Columbus police; 1 arrested
Despite an attempt to sabotage it via social media, a Black Lives Matter march went on as planned Thursday evening. Over 100 protesters marched around the Ohio Statehouse and continued to the Columbus Division of Police headquarters.
That…
Will GOP Swing State Governors Strip & Flip Donald Trump into the White House?
As the Democratic Convention opens in Philadelphia, there’s just one one clear message that matters from the Republicans: Donald Trump will be within ten points of Hillary Clinton in the fall election.
Thus, unless the Democrats do…
Book Review: Being Nixon: A Man Dividedby Evan Thomas
Whenever I think of Richard Nixon, a wave of pity washes over me. Has there ever been a mainstream politician in America who was so hated, so reviled, so disrespected as Nixon? (I’m sure my esteemed editor would say that Nixon deserved every last…