There was a time, not too long ago, when Ohio State University (OSU) was truly a “State” school. If a young person from Ohio could get their high school diploma with a C+ average, had the financial means through help or loans, and the will to balance school and fun, they would have a good chance to earn a degree from Thee, and do so at the main campus.

The days of OSU students scraping by together in aging but cozy off-campus homes or rowhouses – drinking beer from $10 shared buckets at Mustards or Papa Johns to make sure everyone could pay rent, for instance – is slowly becoming a distant memory.

This is my quick summary of the JFK assassination document release. The biggest revalation is that CIA's Angleton was almost certainly using Oswald in some type of operation, but definite proof that he was under close scrutiny by Angleton himself over 4 years. Jefferson Morely explains that we now have a clear fact pattern that did not exist prior to this release.  Another important revelation is the story of CIA office Gary Underhill, who told family that he knew CIA agents involved, and that they knew he knew. He was suicided six months later. We can know read Schlesinger memo to JFK on how to reform the CIA. (This is a document that has absolutely nothing to do with national security but was redacted in full for 60 years)

There is much more than that in the files. There are also documents still missing, including the Johanedis files and Bill Harvey travel records. I believe, at this time, the 24,000 newly discovered FBI files on the assassination have not yet been released.

Here are several good links on a you tube discussion and links to articles at Jefferson Morley's JFKFACTS.SUBSTACK.COM.

Trump has long been an authoritarian. Anne Gearan and Josh Dawsey report that “Trump has been fixated on overturning the [2020] election for weeks, making hundreds of calls to allies, lawyers, state legislators, governors and other officials and regularly huddling with outside lawyers Rudolph W. Giuliani and Sidney Powell, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and others” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-election-capitol-building).

According to The January 6 Report of The House January 6th Committee,

“the Trump complaint about a rigged election involved ‘62 separate lawsuits between November 4, 2020 and January 6, 2021, calling into question or seeking to overturn the elections results. Out of 62 cases, only one case results in victory for the President Trump or his allies, which affected relatively few votes, did not vindicate any underlying claims of fraud, and would not have changed the outcome in Pennsylvania” (p. 210).  

Explaining Arab political failure to challenge Israel through traditional analysis—such as disunity, general weakness, and a failure to prioritize Palestine—does not capture the full picture.

 The idea that Israel is brutalizing Palestinians simply because the Arabs are too weak to challenge the Benjamin Netanyahu government—or any government—implies that, in theory, Arab regimes could unite around Palestine. However, this view oversimplifies the matter.

 Many well-meaning pro-Palestine commentators have long urged Arab nations to unite, pressure Washington to reassess its unwavering support for Israel, and take decisive actions to lift the siege on Gaza, among other crucial steps.