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2023 Endorsements

There’s a cultural rule that holds one’s vote to be exceedingly private. The idea behind such secrecy is more than a matter of privacy: usually people refuse to discuss their political decisions because they lack the reasoning capability to justify their choices. Like the journalist’s pledge to…
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The Ballot or the Bullet (a redux)

There’s a special election coming up this August. The voter registration deadline is Monday, July 10th. Are you registered to vote yet? If you’re not, it’s totally understandable: discussion of a need for an active and conscientious electorate can be quite insulting when you work more than two jobs…
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In Memoriam of 2020: What Have We Learned?

To paraphrase from Mr. Donte Woods-Spikes, Columbus documentarian and speaker extraordinaire: to anyone who’s been triggered by their memories on their newsfeed in the last fortnight, I empathize with you.Three years ago last week on Thursday, May 28th, 2020, this city joined in a national…
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We Can Either Learn from History or Be Imprisoned By It. The choice is ours.

Nazis disrupted a drag brunch on the Westside last week. Social media exploded over the news that white supremacists were disrupting a children’s event and were surprised by the inability of Columbus Division of Police to ensure the Nazis were barred from exposure and scaring the community with…
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