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The "Amazon Prime" of Deportation: The Logistics of ICE’s Warehouse Proposal
There is a peculiar kind of sociopathy required to wake up, order an overnight package, and…
What Is Worse Than Donald Trump?
Even when you begin to think that it can’t get any worse with Donald J. Trump as President of…
Why does Israel target Palestinian journalists in Gaza?
According to Amnesty International, USA, 248 brave and courageous journalists have been killed…
Ohio governor, advocates, defend the state’s child care system amid Minnesota fraud claims
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and local advocates are defending Ohio’s child care system after comments…
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…
Smartphones, the New Opiate of the People
Karl Marx has been famously quoted as referring to religion as the opiate of the masses. His…
Free Journalist Mohammad Faraj: End Jordanian Human Rights Violation
When 43 y/o Mohammad Faraj from the pan-Arab media outlet Al Mayadeen made a family trip for the…
I told Ohio lawmakers that a new law would put gas plants in residential areas. Now it’s happening in Hilliard.
This article first appeared in the…
Dr. Bob and Dan-o are duelin' Daltons
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan play the whole Desperado album for you.
…
Trump Lets Us See Who We Are
In the Donald Trump era — praise be! — so much is possible that previously no one had ever even…
Trading Lives for Aid: The Unstable Nations Paid to Take America’s Immigrants
When you imagine being safe, you imagine comfort and predictability. You imagine your bed, your…
Trump and Netanyahu Meet Again
As has been reported, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will yet again be in Washington…
What do the colors of keffiyeh mean?
The Jewish lobby & the embassy of Israel in Italy are having a total meltdown over artwork…
Trump's Sleepy Ratings
Slavery, Genocide, and Kidnapping: The State Violence That Never Ended
The United States did not emerge accidentally as a global power. It was built through two…
The OVI Pocket Guide: A Transparency Tool for Ohio Traffic Stops
Traffic stops are one of the most common points of contact between the public and law…
The Case for Expelling Israel from Eurovision
The term ‘hypocrisy’ is the most convenient term, but certainly not the most apt to…
The Architecture of Extermination: Why the Gaza Genocide is Premeditated and Repeatable
Suppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale…
Miss Rachel honored for the Glamour Women of the Year 2025 Award
Miss Rachel is honored for the Glamour Woman of the Year 2025 Award. This is a well-deserved…
Travis Irvine's Home for the Holidays Christmas Show
Friday, December 26, 8:30pm
Natalie's, 945 King Ave, Columbus, OH, United States, Ohio…
Twilight of the Shadow Government: A Book Review
Twilight of the Shadow Government, by Kevin Shipp and Kent Heckenlively, is a notable…
Recommended: A Bari Bari Bad Flub Goes Viral
A Bari Bari Bad Flub Goes Viral
The pulled 60 Minutes" segment…
Public Safety Theater Comes Home
Columbus is arguing about “public safety” again — but this time, the debate isn’t happening in a…
Columbus Democrats Hate Democracy
ICE is on the streets of Columbus arresting people. Supposedly Columbus officials and police are…
Where Do the Homes, Pets, Cars, and Lives They Left Behind Actually Go?
Anne Frank wrote about people stolen in the night and their homes left gutted, and that warning…
Limping along
The Three Narratives: Gaza as the Last Moral Frontier against Israel’s Policy of Annihilation
Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet…
Trump Go Down
One year into Trump 2.0, he’s gaining speed on his sled down the mountain.
“A…
Dr. Bob and Dan-o play goofy Christmas tunes
Dr. Bob and Dan-o Dougan become Goofy Goobers celebrating Xmas songs.
…
A Battered America Awaits Trump’s Next Move
President Donald Trump’s end of year speech to the American public that took place on December…
Trump Wants All Who Oppose Him to be As Dead as the Reiners
From what's left of the White House...
...Trump has made it clear that he's thrilled the…
US Visitor Rules
Amid ICE agent abuse arrests in Ohio, advocate says it "fails to police its own ranks"
This article first appeared at…
Movie extolling the beauty of state parks fails to mention the state also fracks them
Save Ohio Parks volunteers across Ohio are distributing literature outside theatres and museums…
Trump Unsurprisingly Prefers Billionaires to Workers
Trump favors corporations over workers. This is one influence that shapes the policies of Trump…
War Comes Home . . . Again
I stare blankly at the news. Little men with guns once again stir the country – the world – into…
What will Mike DeWine choose?
This article first appeared on Substack.…
A Muslim hero stops Bondi Beach mass shooting
At least 16 people are dead, including one of the gunmen, and 42 others are injured (among them…
We can all be like Peaches
If you feel as if you have no power to make a positive impact you might be right. The people…
Great Power Imperialism or Democratic Global Governance?
Pundits frequently remark on the warm and friendly relationship between Vladimir Putin and…
P.O.V: Wes Flexner’s 2025 Albums of the Year List
2025 is a year in music where everything was special if you’re from Columbus, Ohio.
J-…
Ambassador Mike Huckabee Strikes Again
So Israel, which has killed hundreds of Gazans, many of them children, since the so-called…
Chairman of Palestinian Football Association Jibril Rajoub should be fired
Making offensive and distasteful remarks against Christians and Tunisian soccer fans is nasty…
Columbus Liberation Center Grand Opening celebration
Today, the Columbus Liberation Center, staffed by organizers from the Party for…
Ohio Republicans and Democrats Celebrate!
Those church bells you’ve been hearing every day aren’t an accident.
After decades of…
Humanity Clings to the Wreckage
“Kill them all!”
You have a problem with that? What are you, some kind of unmanly wimp?…
Making disparaging remarks against Somalis is nasty and unbefitting of a president
Cracker Jack President
The peace prize given to Donald Trump by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (…
P.O.V: Neo-Liberal Chandelier Year in Review 2025
Look At Me
Mobb Deep’s 2025 song with the Clipse Look At Me is the winning conversation…
We Need to Know How Corporate Democrats Made President Trump Possible
Ten years after Donald Trump first ran for president, he stands at the helm of Titanic America.…
Twilight of the Secret Government
Heer to Serve filling gaps in Columbus' housing crisis
In the past four years, homelessness has increased by 53 percent in Franklin County. Each year,…
Thank You Jennifer Anne Adair
Columbus City Schools (CCS) are facing their greatest challenge in years. Not only does the…
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: Does anyone still remember me?!
If we truly had a free media in the US, rather than one serving the interest of the only…
Viva Venezuela!
A very close friend of mine in southern California used to listen to Fox News…
Top 10 Reasons to Pretend It’s Unusual for the U.S. Government to Blow People Up
Lately I’ve been on shows with other guests who’ve expressed outrage and amazement that the U.S…
Spanish actress Adriana Ugarte reminds the world Gaza's suffering has not stopped despite ceasefire
Spanish actress Adriana Ugarte, 40, star of the hit Spanish TV drama “The Time in Between,” has…
More songs against the Tangerine Man on Everybody Knows
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan found a lot of artists who expressed their dislike of the…
Deliberate Contradiction: How the West Plays Dumb and Kills People in Gaza
First, let’s dissect this puzzle.
On February 29, 2024, US…
Why is Trump Orchestrating His Murderous Boat Bombings?
What if this Venezuelan murdering scheme is more than just Trump being a bully with manhood…
Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide
Last month, some House members publicly acknowledged that Israel has been committing genocide in…
Not one word from Zionist apologists about Israeli terrorism!
The US government wants us to forget about the Israeli genocide and the daily war crimes it…
Letter to the Editor: When Laws Protect Profits Over Lives, Justice Fails
To the Editor:
Accountability is the bedrock of American justice. Yet, as I fight to end…
On Global Warming: A Plain Explanation of an Unavoidable Truth
The planet isn’t melting because of politics, culture, or morality. It’s melting because humans…
We’ve Always Done It This Way!
I was attending my first meeting of the Columbus…
In Memoriam: James Heddle
James Heddle, part of a social justice documentary filmmaking team with his wife Mary Beth…
Book Shelf Analysis: Tariq Ali’s Extreme Center
Tariq Ali’s book Extreme Center discusses various factors which led into Donald Trump and Brexit…
US Rep. Randy Fine: Muslim enemy # 1
First, having served in the Ohio Air National Guard for 11 years and previously for nine…
Trump Has Gone Too Far With Threats Against Our Former Military Personnel
UNSC 2803: The US-Israeli Scheme to Partition Gaza and Break Palestinian Will
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 is destined to fail. That failure will…
Political Theater
The recent City Council tax dollars giveaway to the Fury Women’s Volleyball team is another ugly…
5 ways to support the Central Ohio Worker Center
This year, we have given over $12,200 directly to low wage and immigrant workers…
Apology Accepted. Invoice Due.
In addition to approving $500,000 for a…
“Epstein is Terminal Cancer to Trumps Presidency”
Conspiracy Realist: someone who fails to cower in fear when described as a conspiracy “theorist…
American Nuremberg
By the Karmic Reaper
YOU WILL NOT BE IN POWER FOREVER!
YOU WILL STAND…
Free Advertising for Private Schools
Republicans aren’t the only people who support private schools in Ohio.
The Columbus City…
The Separation of Children During Trump’s Two Presidential Terms
Introduction
This post offers a position against Trump and his administration policies…
Larry Summers, Epstein and the “End Game” Memo
atch Palast on the…
The Greatest Story Never Told
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If faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains, the faith of a people in their nation and in each other could move the world!
Those of us whose memories trace back to the afternoon of November 22, 1963, remember exactly…
De La Soul - Cabin in The Sky
De La Soul’s David Jolicoeur aka Dove died Feb 12, 2023. Dave was the Andre 3000 of De La Soul.…
An appeal from Bob Krasen - Medicare for All
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Public Letter of Apology to Ms. Townsend
On behalf of the citizens of the City of Columbus I want to apologize to Ms. Averi Townsend for…
Dan-o and Dr. Bob say "No Kings"
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan play songs not so complimentary of Trump.
…
Did Donald Trump Score a Couple of “Wins”?
President Donald Trump and his merry menagerie that inhabit the White House have had a couple of…
Welcome the ‘Good’ Jihadists
“Syrians are nasty people.”
This ancient Roman graffiti was found during World War…
Pedophile Donald Trump and the Arab Spring
The world knows that Donald Trump is an ignorant fool, a narcissist, a misogynist, a criminal,…
Peace Beneath the Rubble
I dedicate this question, which is at the core of the book with which I am struggling, to Donald…
Israel committed a new massacre in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
Israel launched an airstrike on a densely populated Palestinian refugee camp Ain al-Hilweh in…
Lights. Action. Hardin!
Local Columbus politics has officially “jumped the shark” and become a performance for the…
New Business Models Offer Hope For Drug Affordability Crisis
Ayman Soliman: “We are way more stronger than we think”
Imam Ayman Soliman – the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain wrongly arrested by ICE earlier…
Parents, Educators, Students, and Community Members Unite to Call for an Equitable Process Before Any Addition School Closures
In response to the district’s ongoing budget shortfall and the possibility of additional school…
Canada should have arrested Prince Harry for war crimes in Afghanistan
Canada has launched a criminal investigation into Israeli-Canadian IDF veterans for possible war…
Pulte is a Mortgage Mess and Has to Go
Bill Pulte is the administrator of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae…
Is Donald Trump the "Fidei Defensor" for Christians?
I actually thought there might be some good news coming out of the Donald Trump White House but…
First Pedophile
This article first appeared on Substack…
Ms. Rachel denied by 3 venues for Gaza Child's birthday party. Where is AG Bundi?
When the United States passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and then the Americans with…
A Loving vs. A Shackled Future
It occurs to me that “giving birth to the future” isn’t simply a metaphor.
I say this as I…
Polishing Genocide: Israel's Desperate War to Erase History
Israel’s allies worldwide are desperately scrambling to help Tel Aviv re-establish a…
Ohio Immigrant Alliance family reunion in Columbus with special guest Ayman Soliman
The Ohio Immigrant Alliance (OIA) is hosting its first ever Family Reunion and Fundraiser on…
Trump should demand the release of US hostage Mohammed Ibrahim held by Israel
I decided to send President Trump this picture below and the story of 16 y/o U.S. citizen…
Book Shelf Analysis: Tariq Ali - You Can’t Please All
I sawTariq Ali while watching Democracy Now. Tariq is a British Pakistani intellectual who was…
I will not be silent till all media talk about Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, has been unaccounted for…
Broken by Design. Part 1.
Surveys. You see them online from the City of Columbus Department of Development and the…
Columbus Free Press honors local community activists
The Columbus Free Press celebrated our 55th anniversary last Saturday, November 8 and honored…
The Marine Corps Commandant Should be Replaced
Any time a public official makes an on-the-record pronouncement to the press, it represents an…
Press Release TRANSLATION
Editor's note: The election results from November 4th's Columbus City Council District 7…
Doctor songs on Everybody Knows
Dr. Bob and Dan-o Dougan bring us songs about doctors, nurses and medicine, including Dear…
The Facts About Kratom
Kratom.
As the Mayo Clinic…
Torture and Rape Are All in A Day’s Work for Israel’s Defenders
A couple of recent stories relating to the utter bestiality of Israel’s treatment of the…
Onward Christian Soldiers
Somewhere between New York’s Studio 54 disco and the White House, Donald Trump became infused by…
Verdict from the People: Why the Gaza Tribunal is about Accountability, Not Symbolism
In the face of the international legal and political systems' paralyzing silence and…
Jesse Vogel Won District 7. Twice.
Thank you to the Franklin County Board of Elections for running a fair election on November 4th…
Why Are We Violent but Not Illiterate?
Let him rest in . . . peace?
I don’t know. The irony of those words is a little too much…
Lezlie Combs to receive Free Press Libby Award for Community Activism
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Celebrating our 55th year, the …
Remy is Just a Symptom
By now you’ve seen the November 4 election results. Some good decisions, but some truly bad…
America goes to Hell
I was born into an America who's character was reflected by the words on the Statue of Liberty,…
Honor Paul Becker at this year's Free Press Annual Libby Awards Event
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Celebrating our 55th year, the …
Book Review - Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution
To quote the blues singer Big Maybelle, “There was a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on” in 1963. It…
Lessons Americans can learn from Gazans during the government shutdown
America is under shutdown for the last 31 days and Gaza Strip has been under siege for the last…
"I witnessed evil": Anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups support Ohio’s public drag ban
This article first appeared on the…
Julialynne Walker to be honored at Free Press Awards Event
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Celebrating our 55th year, the …
Beyond the 'Unbreakable Bond': Is the US Reclaiming the Wheel from a Self-Destructive Israel?
Has Donald Trump's sharp rebuke of Israel in his October 23 Time Magazine…
Letter to Editor: Columbus needs a change
These comments were always intended for private conversations but Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther…
Honor Heer to Serve with us at the Free Press Annual Awards Event
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Celebrating our 55th year, the …
Reel Time with Richard: Painful memories of an eradicated past
My community is getting ready for the annual Columbus Jewish Film Festival, but a local theater…
God’s Gift to Scriptwriters
I’m trying to find my way back into The Possible Future, the working title of the book…
Share your talent at the Annual Care & Share Timebank Variety Show
Sunday, December 21, 6:15pm, potluck at 6:30pm
First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W.…
Ohio Immigrant Alliance: Just Say No! to the Ohio National Guard in Our Communities
Use the last three days of October to …
Join us to honor Jawhara Qutiefan at the Free Press Awards Event
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Celebrating our 55th year, the …
Venezuela: When I met with Chavez and Maduro
I met with Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez just days after he was kidnapped. I’ll tell you…
Israeli proposal to burn the body of Yahya Sinwar is pure evil
Israel is the only place in the world where you can steal human organs of another person without…
Reclaiming Democracy in Columbus—Starting in Clintonville
I recently won an election for a seat on the Clintonville Area Commission on a simple but urgent…
A Nation At War
We are nine months into the Donald Trump presidency and the road ahead seems pretty clear. There…
Along with every decent person in America, I hate Donald Trump
The Orange King, Donald Trump, has given people literally thousands of reasons to hate him. A…
Join the Free Press to honor Bob Krasen
Celebrating our 55th year, the Columbus Free Press will honor five outstanding…
Join the Free Press to honor Bob Krasen
Celebrating our 55th year, the Columbus Free Press will honor five outstanding…
Trump’s dubious claim for compensation
The…
Yes, justice in America is not colorblind!
President Trump and two of his former officials (AT Jeff Session and senior advisor Jared…
Trump Announces New Homeless Shelter & Soup Kitchen at White House East Wing
President Donald Trump has announced that a massive new homeless shelter and soup kitchen will…
Dismantle the House of Dynamite
This article firrst appeared on…
The Unvanquished Will: Gaza's Triumph of Spirit Against the Architecture of Genocide
For the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by…
Find the cost of freedom on Everybody Knows
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan talk about how freedom is in peril and play some songs that…
The Donkey in the Room
Yes, I admit that on Oct 21 I drove to the downtown Main Library for a debate with five of the…
White Heritage Center shoves Ohio State further to the right
As much as conservatives have tried to make the rest of America believe they’ve shed their white…
A New America Comes to Life
Shouts and honking horns . . . and a country being born?
Hey, hey, ho, ho . . . I don’t…
Big Problems Need Big Solutions
The human condition includes a vast array of unavoidable misfortunes. But what about the…
No Thrones, No Crowns, no Kings
I dreamed I saw Bruce Bostick last night
Amid this epic battle against fascism and in the wake of Oct. 18, the largest protest in US…
Always an Emergency!
Remember Phase 1 of Zone In when the Columbus Mayor and City Council screamed that…
ReadyNow! Emergency App for ICE encounters
Human Rights First’s Innovation Lab announced the launch of …
Why has Israel refused to release a U.S. Hostage in Trump's Ceasefire Deal?
There's nothing more inflaming to the souls of Arab and Muslim Americans than seeing US…
Trump Unleashes the CIA on Venezuela
It is particularly difficult to pick out the most idiotic comments made by President Donald…
'You Cannot Fight the World': The Hidden Meaning behind Trump's Warning to Israel
A single, candid statement by US President Donald Trump during a Fox News interview on…
How did the Palestinian resistance fool Israel about the captives? The untold story
Reel Time with Richard Ades: Tortured Iranian prisoners on a quest for justice
This article first appeared on Reel Time with…
Sustainable Heroes: Catching Up with Chuck Lynd
Catch up with Simply Living’s founding member Chuck Lynd — a lifelong advocate for local…
Sawyer Fredericks’ CCR Farmfolk Isn’t Quite Superthug
I hadn’t heard Sawyer Fredericks. I saw Sawyer’s farm strum was scheduled at Rhumba Cafe October…
Words Are the First Weapon of War
I sit here at my desk, looking out the window – and see someone walking through the parking lot…
Expecting Different?
I love Chinese food, but I have standards. What if there was a Chinese restaurant a mile away…
Project 2025 clashes with both historic KKK Act and modern Ohio initiative: Protecting Ohioans Constitutional Rights
A stark but unsurprising contrast in the philosophy of governance and civil rights enforcement…
Indigenous People's Day
The city of Columbus no longer celebrates "Columbus Day" and has removed all Christopher…
Images of ICE running wild in America
Are American's seeing the images of ICE attacking people? It would seem that the entire…
From Sabra and Shatila to Gaza: The Vicious Cycle of US-Israeli 'Peace' Ploys
The history of Zionism is fundamentally one of deception. This assertion is critically…
The Defeat of Israel and the Rebirth of Palestinian Agency
If we are to speak of a Palestinian victory in Gaza, it is a resounding triumph for…
Give Peace a Chance
The situation in Gaza has been horrifying. Provoked by Hamas attack and killing of Israelis at a…
Trek Manifest discusses recording a live hip hop album
Trek Manifest is recording an entire album at Natalie’s with a live band October 11th.
Do…
The Day After: Gaza’s Dawn Beyond Genocide
On Friday, October 10, 2025, the ceasefire took effect. After 735 days, tens of thousands of the…
It's the season of the witch on Everybody Knows
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan talk with Tiffany Boggins, the proprietor of Witchlab in…
‘They Make a Desert and Call It Peace’
‘Victory has a thousand fathers. Defeat is an orphan’
Attributed to Count Ciano
How…
The LAST American President
Pay attention to this professional liar:
“I’m the only…
Historical Strike Alert! East Side cannabis dispensary union is first to go on strike in Ohio
A relatively new union at a Columbus east side cannabis dispensary remains on strike as they…
No New Bonds coalition makes case that OH Treasurer is laundering taxpayer funds through Israel bonds
Organizers from across the state held a press conference marking two years of war on the people…
First They Came for the Immigrants
“Then they came for me . . .”
I can only begin here, at the emotional knifepoint of the…
A hand salute to the heroic crew of the Global Sumud Flotilla
The Sumud Flotilla began its journey in early September 2025 as part of an international…
Jesse Vogel: Building A Progressive Coalition Around The Things That Matter
This year’s Columbus City Council race is a battle between grassroots progressives and well-…
A Report from Occupied Portlandia; Trump Judge Says NO; Coup at CBS; Nuke Drone Alert
We begin GREEP Zoom by honoring Loretta Swit, MASH’s “Hot Lips” Houlihan, who has just left us…
Privatizing the VA will be a disaster for Ohio's rural vets
James Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty and four in…
Queen Mother Ann B. Walker: Columbus Has Lost a Legend, but Her Blueprint Lives On
On Sunday, October 5, 2025, Columbus would learn that afternoon the news that shook its soul:…
Revisiting Pfizer and Its Neurontin/Gababentin
With gabapentin…
Israeli drone strike killed a blind man and his wife in South Lebanon
Another day, another Israeli massacre in South Lebanon. Hassan Atwi and his wife Zainab Raslan…
Putin’s UnPeaceful Atom
Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin last week eagerly …