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Before the Cut, Think Twice

Few of us who ever had a saw in hand, hovering over a piece of lumber, that have not heard the old adage, “measure twice, cut once”. Something similar might be good advice in making decisions…

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Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, 2pmPT/5pmET - 285 Zoom

Solartopia™ - Grassroots Election Protection
Next Show: #285 Monday, Oct. 26 , 2026
Regular Monday 5 P.M…

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How to Tell When a Mass Shooter Isn’t Muslim

The shooter at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, earlier this month was identified as 16-year-old Griffin J. John II. He allegedly attacked a classroom serving students with special…

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This Is Not an Evacuation. It Is Forced Displacement

Last Friday, Israeli forces began demolishing buildings and forcibly displacing Palestinian families in Al-Khalil (Hebron), in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Reports indicate that more than 250…

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Ohio can choose not to kill 108 people

Ohio's governor has grown from supporting the death penalty to favoring its repeal. But it has not been repealed and Governor Mike DeWine has only a few months left in office. When he leaves office, he could leave 108 people on Ohio's death row, of whom 27 are scheduled to be executed during the next gubernatorial term, unless DeWine takes action.

According to the ACLU, "under the Ohio Constitution, the Governor has the authority to issue commutations, as well as full pardons and temporary reprieves of death sentences, to those serving prison…

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Groundswell Screening on November 10

In collaboration with Sunny Glen Garden and the OEEFA, Simply Living will be screening Groundswell on November 10th at 7:00 pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer Road in Columbus.

A Golden Globe…

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Queer Youth Choir Welcomes Audiences to Night Vale with Halloween Concert

Come for the music. Stay for the haunting.

The Columbus Queerscendos, the youth ensemble of central Ohio’s premier TTBB vocal organization, the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, invite audiences to take a trip to Night Vale with them on Halloween…

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How Safe is US Voting?

With all of the self-serving disinformation coming from down low and up high about the security of voting in the midterm elections, it’s fair to ask, “what’s the real deal?” I tuned into a webinar presented by SciLine and organized by the…

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