“Nine hours into canvassing, a man thanked me and another volunteer for being the foot soldiers of democracy. Braving rain, wind, cold air, and irritated voters, we paved the way for Senator Brown and other champions of reproductive rights to represent us in DC,” said Sarah Szilagy, a #Fight4HER volunteer and freshman OSU student who campaigned for Sherrod Brown.

WE made the difference.

for The Humanist

Do not celebrate Veterans Day. Celebrate Armistice Day instead.

Do not celebrate Veterans Day — because of what it has become, and even more so because of what it replaced and erased from U.S. culture.

Former American Humanist Association President Kurt Vonnegut once wrote: “Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not. So I will throw Veterans’ Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don’t want to throw away any sacred things.” Vonnegut meant by “sacred” wonderful, valuable, worth treasuring. He listed Romeo and Juliet and music as “sacred” things.

Thank you to the hundreds who made it out on a chilly evening--at very short notice--to support the Mueller investigation and the rule of law! And thank you to everyone for your willingness to stand up for our Democracy and our Constitution! Even if you could not attend tonight, your pressure and perseverance is important.

Please join us in pushing for our demands:
- The Mueller investigation must continue unimpeded until its completion.
- Whitaker must recuse himself from the Mueller investigation oversight.
- All documents must be preserved that are related to the Justice Department investigation.

Here are three ways to help:
- Call/Fax Senators Portman & Brown and your member of Congress and ask them to demand Whitaker's recusal. Ask them to commit to protect Mueller’s investigation.
- Write letters to editor calling out Trump's assault on democracy & the rule of law & asking our MoCs to stand up.
- Speak out on social media and to your friends and remain vigilant and firm in defense of democratic principles.

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What is Politicon?

Politicon is to politics what San Diego’s annual Comic-Con is to comic books and superheroes - a convention geared for news junkies, avid followers of current affairs, talking points and of the talking heads who spew them in the rarefied realm of cable TV, talk radio, ripped-from-the-headlines books, newspapers, magazines, the Internet and beyond. This fourth annual confab has provided Angelenos with another encounter, live and in person, with pundits, commentators, spinmeisters, speechwriters, journalists of the chattering class, etc., who are mostly based in Washington, DeCeit and Manhattan. There weren’t any current candidates or officeholders per se in the various forums, panels, etc. - but rather those who comment upon and cover politicians and politics.

After toughing it out like a little meatball surrounded by ravenous wolves, one of High Street’s remaining old-school campus cool establishments is closing its doors at the end of this month after 40-plus years of history.

Mama’s Pasta and Brew owner Terry Fahy says the “handwriting was on the wall” as sterile corporate campus gorges on the properties surrounding their Pearl Alley location near 15th and High.

Fahy’s sentiment is like a skipping record, something we’ve heard over and over from old-school campus that’s felt the pressure to abandon High Street. By the way, there are no independent music stores directly across from campus anymore.

The city is widening Pearl Alley and needed four feet of their building to do so, says Fahy. Having the deed to the property and realizing how much work a rebuild would have meant, Fahy sold the building to Campus Partners, the Ohio State off-campus development arm working in tandem with private developers for two decades now to transform High Street.