Latest Opinion

Military Bases Prove New York Times to Be Lying About Greenland

David Swanson

This was a headline in the New York Times on Tuesday: “With Threats to Greenland, Trump…

// Opinion
Book cover

Book Shelf Analysis: Tarqi Ali - Street Fighting Years, Verso

Wes Flexner

I looked into Tariq Ali because the Rolling Stones …

// Opinion

The "Amazon Prime" of Deportation: The Logistics of ICE’s Warehouse Proposal

Dissent in Bloom

There is a peculiar kind of sociopathy required to wake up, order an overnight package, and…

// Opinion

What Is Worse Than Donald Trump?

Philip Giraldi

Even when you begin to think that it can’t get any worse with Donald J. Trump as President of…

// Opinion

Why does Israel target Palestinian journalists in Gaza?

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

According to Amnesty International, USA, 248 brave and courageous journalists have been killed…

// Opinion
Kids at daycare center

Ohio governor, advocates, defend the state’s child care system amid Minnesota fraud claims

Susan Tebben

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and local advocates are defending Ohio’s child care system after comments…

// Opinion
Clay Jones

Clay Jones: Best of 2025

For the most part, 2025 was a very good year for me. I took a trip to Chicago, and I saw the…

// Opinion
People on smartphones

Smartphones, the New Opiate of the People

Wade Rathke

Karl Marx has been famously quoted as referring to religion as the opiate of the masses. His…

// Opinion

Free Journalist Mohammad Faraj: End Jordanian Human Rights Violation

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

When 43 y/o Mohammad Faraj from the pan-Arab media outlet Al Mayadeen made a family trip for the…

// Opinion
Amazon plant

I told Ohio lawmakers that a new law would put gas plants in residential areas. Now it’s happening in Hilliard.

Cathy Cowan Becker

This article first appeared in the…

// Opinion
Bob and Dan faces on men on Desperado album

Dr. Bob and Dan-o are duelin' Daltons

Suzanne Patzer

Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan play the whole Desperado album for you.

…

// Opinion

Trump Lets Us See Who We Are

Robert C. Koehler

In the Donald Trump era — praise be! — so much is possible that previously no one had ever even…

// Opinion

Trading Lives for Aid: The Unstable Nations Paid to Take America’s Immigrants

Dissent in Bloom

When you imagine being safe, you imagine comfort and predictability. You imagine your bed, your…

// Opinion

Trump and Netanyahu Meet Again

Philip Giraldi

As has been reported, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yet again be in Washington…

// Opinion

What do the colors of keffiyeh mean?

Mahmoud El-Yousseph

The Jewish lobby & the embassy of Israel in Italy are having a total meltdown over artwork…

// Opinion
Comic

Trump's Sleepy Ratings

// Opinion
Sign up for the Columbus Freepress email updates

Subscribe

Support The Columbus Freepress and help to sustain local independent journalism

Support OUR WORK