Today, the Ohio Student Association condemned the House Higher Education Committee’s passage of Senate Bill 83 — the Higher Education Destruction Act — with a vote of 8-7.

The Ohio House Higher Education Committee’s sudden passage of SB 83 this morning has left students feeling horrified and betrayed. Certain politicians have claimed that SB 83 was written with the interests of students in mind, but since students have made it clear that this bill is in direct opposition to their interests and lawmakers are still moving it forward, that claim rings hollow.

For months and months, students have organized testimony workshops on campus, written and submitted testimony, sent letters, met with legislators, and organized direct actions on their campuses and at the statehouse in opposition to SB 83. 

Note: What is Ginther doing at the Climate Summit in Dubai? Is he taking lessons? Having a vacation?  Watching the “sun rise” over a city with a skyline?

More importantly, who paid for his trip?

Never bet on Andy, Council, their division heads, or overpaid for quality of work ad agencies getting anything correct. Their consistency, historically, is against all odds. If our world were random, City reality and reality of the ground would occasionally collide. But never in Columbus, Ohio.

Andy outdoes himself in his  latest dishonest screed, that appears on the first Sunday of December in the anti-editing, non-news Columbus Dispatch beside editor  Robinson’s almost every other day “guest essay.” She is unique in the history of Opinion page editors.

In his latest, Andy begins with an exceptionally rare statement: “Columbus is growing faster than ever before—that’s a fact.”  I was not aware that the City and “mayor” recognized “facts.” In this case, he is correct for recent growth but incorrect over the city’s more than 200-year history.

In the 50th year of Hip Hop, Kool Herc, Nas, Wu-Tang, De La Soul, Armand Hammer and Heiro immersed Hip Hop everywhere from Yankee Stadium into venues, record players, phones, computers and smart TV’s. Hip Hop was tangible.

I didn’t feel small watching Kool Herc and Chuck Schumer live from Mass Appeal’s streaming Yankee Stadium's celebration. Schottenstein Center was a comfortable place to sit for Nas, Wu, and De La Soul near Ohio State University. Souls of Mischief greeted me at A+R bar in Downtown Columbus.

New York’s Armand Hammer showed a Columbus vibrance in 2023 with the NY duo’s acclaimed album released from Fat Possum. Fat Possum released Columbus, Ohio’s Camu Tao’s solo record. Fat Possum is reissuing Definitive Jux's catalog. Run The Jewels El-P’s solo work is available from Fat Possum.

I’m drinking oatnog and vodka, I’m playing Killer Mike’s friend Andre 3000’s New Blue Sun as festive music.

I received something in the mail from legendary Def Jam publicist Bill Adler which would make a unique present for Hanukkah. Kwanza, or Christmas.

Wednesday December 6, 3pm, Ohio Statehouse
This is a critical moment – we must take action now to protect trans youth in Ohio.

Anti-trans lawmakers at the Statehouse are fast-tracking hearings to pass House Bill 68. This radical, anti-trans legislation would ban critical, gender-affirming healthcare for minors. Ohioans have made it clear in our most recent election: important, private medical decisions should remain between Ohio families and their doctors – not the government. An opponent hearing is scheduled for later this week and a committee vote is imminent. Now is the time to speak up! Join us at the Statehouse on Wednesday at 3 p.m. to voice your opposition to this discriminatory bill.

This transphobic bill was amended earlier this year to include a provision that would ban trans girls and women from playing on sports teams that match their gender identities. HB 68 is a clear example of extreme government overreach and state-sponsored bullying of trans and gender-nonconforming Ohioans. Ohioans did not ask for this. Ohioans do not want this.