The contrast between being in touch with our better angels and being in the grip of the devil is never more pronounced than during the holidays. In that "spirit" for my year-ending column, I offer up several news items followed by an...
15 December 2021
I’m sure you’ve heard about the devastating tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest. 60 tornadoes hit 9 states—there were 333 wind damage reports and 24 large hail reports. One tornado was on the ground for more than 220 miles. It is...
14 December 2021
The following would have been presented as my public testimony in regards to the OSU 40% city income tax break for 25 consecutive years in consideration of creating 12,000 net full-time jobs. Unfortunately due...
14 December 2021
I was sorting the postal delivery recently when I opened an envelope addressed to my wife. It announced a “national campaign” and “citizen opinion survey” from the right-wing activist group Faith & Freedom Caucus’s “founder and...
13 December 2021
Edith Espinal is home with her family, but her mother has been battling cancer at a hospital in Chicago. She now seems to be nearing the end and Edith is urgently trying to make the trip out to see her and say goodbye. If you are able to...
13 December 2021
"Flee" tells the story of Amin Nawabi (Fardin Mijdzadeh), as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon Saif (Milad Eskandari) to be...
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