"When militarism is addressed as a psychosocial disease, the absurd irrationality of its symptoms is clearly exposed.”

These words are from a 1992 essay by N. Arther Coulter published in a journal called Medicine and War. Who would have guessed? They’re as relevant now as they were three decades ago.

God bless Armageddon.

Wednesday, October 19th from 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Homebound Entrepreneurs Against DeWines releases their new ad featuring “The Liberal Redneck” to bring attention to all the nicknames Ohioans have given “The DeSwines”

As the general election season rambles on, the anti-DeWine PAC Homebound Entrepreneurs Against DeWines has released yet another quirky political ad called “Rednecks Against DeSwines,” which calls out Governor Mike DeWine –– as well as his son, Supreme Court Justice Pat DeWine –– for their numerous nefarious nicknames.

Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Philip Metres is poet, scholar, translator, essayist, playwright, and peacebuilder. He is the author of ten books, including Shrapnel Maps (2020), The Sound of Listening: Poetry as Refuge and Resistance (2018), Pictures at an Exhibition (2016), Sand Opera (2015), and I Burned at the Feast: Selected Poems of Arseny Tarkovsky (2015). His work has garnered fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Watson Foundation.

He has been awarded the Adrienne Rich Award, three Arab American Book Awards, the Cleveland Arts Prize, and the Hunt Prize. Metres has been called “one of the essential poets of our time,” whose work is “beautiful, powerful, magnetically original.” His poems have been translated into Arabic, Farsi, French, Polish, Russian, and Tamil. He is professor of English and director of the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program at John Carroll University, and Core Faculty at Vermont College of Fine Arts. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio. He will be sharing readings from Shrapnel Maps and other works. 

In case you haven’t noticed, there is an election being held in November – November 8th to be exact – and you must participate if eligible. The stakes are high.

You say, there’s nothing in this election for me. Do you use cannabis even occasionally? Do you or a family member have a medical condition? Do you know someone who has been incarcerated for marijuana, or someone who has lost privileges because of a cannabis conviction? Do you believe in social justice? Do you want a vibrant economy?  I could go on, but you get point. The herb in its many forms has become an important issue in the lives of many Americans.

This is a primer on canna-candidates and canna-voting in Ohio. The where, why, who and how of this process. Let’s get started. Sources are linked. See the canna-candidate list here.

How to vote: Make a plan.