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Five unanswerable questions dominate the universe yet must be asked anyway:

1) Does time really exist?

2) Is poetry dead and did the Koch Brothers kill it?

3) How important was the moon in humanity's spiritual evolution?

4) Is this new animal therapy for depressed gorillas morally right?

5) Why are the Spikedrivers not a national phenomenon?

  OK, so I don't go see them for a couple of years (the Spikedrivers, not the Koch Brothers whose calls I refuse to take anymore because I took a ten grand grant on a pigeon research scam I ran on 'em concerning the Jim Rhodes statue on the Statehouse lawn. Don't ask about the details, suffice it to say they've relegated me to the dead debts section of their political funds portfolio though I told 'em to sell my debt to the city of Detroit--more later).

Free Sylvie T-Shirt Campaign Raises Money For Mid-Ohio Foodbank

If you type in the hashtag #FreeSylvie on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter you will find images of various rappers, musicians, artists and high school kids wearing a shirt that bears the image of Sylvie Mix and the call for her liberation.
  Sylvie is not a rapper arrested for drugs or murder. She is not a political prisoner.

Sylvie Mix is a 16 year-old Columbus Alternative High School AP Physics student whose mother Maika Carter and friend Thom Lessner came up with an innovative form of discipline that raised a decent amount of money for the Mid-Ohio Foodbank by selling the aforementioned Free Sylvie T-Shirts.
  Sylvie’s explained her peer pressure induced crime.

  “I had a party at our house while my mom was recovering from surgery at one of her friend’s houses. Super, duper inconsiderate timing on my part. For the record, it was not my idea alone.”
  Maika Carter was recuperating at her friend Sonya Fix’s house. Maika had adrenal gland removal surgery three Days prior to the teen party. A parent of a kid who went to the party face-booked Maika late in the night notifying her of Sylvie’s unauthorized soiree.

Listen Dylan Fans, I’m About to Save You a Hundred and Twenty Bucks...

Last week, the word came down that Bob Dylan was releasing another one of his generally excellent bootleg series, this time the full 1967 recordings known as The Basement Tapes. Like a good little Dylan fan, I immediately toddled down to Barnes and Noble on my lunch break to pick up a copy, with the purpose of (1) entertaining myself on a scheduled trip to Cleveland and (2) reviewing it for The Free Press.
  Once I arrived at the store, I was unable to find anything on the new arrivals rack. Undaunted, I bounced up to the counter and made inquiries, which resulted in a computer search. I was then led to the box sets area, and as panic began to set in I was presented with an giant package with a price tag of around $129.00. Dear heavens. Even with my trusty membership discount this was one I would have to bounce off the wife.

Veganizing your traditional holiday foods

In spite of veganphobe rhetoric, vegans do not live a life of stinking deprivation with the never-ending unimaginative pasta marinara bowl and naked side salad topped with twigs. You don’t have to have someone sacrifice a terrified and abused turkey or stuff their dismembered butt with seasoned breadcrumbs (can you pass the “butt bread?” really, a gross tradition when you think about it) for a centerpiece anymore.

Anti-family values - local family broken apart by immigration officer

As the nation waits on President Barack Obama to unveil his “Ten Point Plan” for overhauling the U.S. Immigration policy via executive action, which may suspend deportations for millions, one family in Columbus may be broken apart soon.

  When Ángel Bustos arrived at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Columbus on October 27, he never imagined that he might never see his wife April and 7-year-old son Christian again. Ángel was accustomed to weekly meetings with ICE while his petition to remain in the U.S. was being processed. David Deweese, supervising ICE officer for the Columbus field office, denied Ángel’s petition.

  Ángel was arrested and has been in detention since. Today, Ángel is fighting to stay with family and asking Deweese to exercise prosecutorial discretion to make this happen.

  The Department of Homeland Security's frequent deportation of low-level offenders, undocumented minors and breadwinners for U.S. citizens has rallied immigrant rights activists and organizers asking to “Stop The Deportations.”

December 17th is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

This event was created to call attention to hate crimes committed against sex workers all over the globe. Dr. Annie Sprinkle and the Sex Workers Outreach Project USA began this event 10 years ago as a memorial and vigil for the victims of the Green River Killer in Seattle, Washington. It is now an internationally recognized event to raise awareness towards hate crimes committed against sex workers. It also works to remove stigma, discrimination and to reform laws against sex work, in the hopes of diminishing violence towards sex workers.
  A red umbrella is the symbol for event. After using it for an anti-violence march in 2002, the red umbrella now symbolizes resistance against discrimination for sex workers around the world.

Anticipating Obama’s Promise on Executive Action Relief for Millions of Undocumented Resident, One Central Ohio Resident Fighting to Stay With His Family

What: Rally and delivery of over 500 signatures asking David Deweese, Supervising Officer at the Customs Enforcement (ICE) Immigration Office to Stop the Deportation of Angel Bustos

When: November 14, 2014 - 10am

Where: Customs Enforcement (ICE) Immigration Office - Leveque Tower - 50 W. Broad St., Suite 306 - Columbus, Ohio 43215

Who: April Withrow; wife of Angel Bustos, family members, people of faith, friends and allies

Columbus, Ohio- As the nation waits on President Obama to unveil his “Ten Point Plan” for overhauling the U.S. Immigration policy via executive action which may suspend deportations for millions: one family in Columbus may be broken apart soon.

When Ángel Bustos arrived at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Columbus on October 27, he never imagined may never see his wife and son again. Ángel was accustomed to weekly meetings with ICE while his petition to remain in the US was being processed. David Deweese, supervising ICE officer for the Columbus field office, denied Ángel’s petition.

Camera rolls as NSA whistleblower reveals all

Edward Snowden in Citizenfour (Praxis Films)

Remember Deep Throat, the mysterious source who helped to unravel the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal by meeting a reporter in a parking garage? Citizenfour begins with a series of cryptic email exchanges that makes that secrecy precaution seem like child’s play.

“This will not be a waste of your time,” a would-be informant assures documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras. When Poitras and a couple of reporters for a British newspaper finally meet the informant in a Hong Kong hotel, this proves to be the understatement of the decade.

The man is Edward Snowden, a consultant who until recently had been working with the National Security Agency. He has an astounding story to tell about how much the government has infringed on the average citizen’s privacy in its efforts to fight terrorism. As Poitras’s camera watches and the reporters take notes, he proceeds to do just that.

How the GOP bought, rigged, stole and lynched the 2014 election

First in a series

Since the Bush-Cheney-Rove theft of the 2000 election in Florida, the right of millions of American citizens to vote and have that vote counted has been under constant assault.

In 2014, that systematic disenfranchisement may well have delivered the US Senate to the Republican Party.  If nothing significant is done about it by 2016, we can expect the GOP to take the White House and much more.

The primary victims of this GOP-led purge have been young, elderly, poor and citizens of color who tend to vote Democratic.  The denial of their votes has changed the face of our government, and is deepening corporate control of our lives and planet.

There’s no doubt the Democrats have alienated their core constituency and given millions of their former supporters little reason to vote.  Perpetual war, blank checks for mega-banks, stiffing the working poor while giving away the planet to the rich----these are all part of the malaise.   Our political landscape is currently defined by corporate personhood and its gutting of the Democratic Party.  

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