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Senator Cory Booker Gives Impassioned Senate Floor Speech About Marriage...
Senator Cory Booker has been a fervent supporter of marriage equality for some time. So, it is no surprise that he would give a very passionate speech about marriage equality plaintiff, Jim...
View ArticleWhy I still care about politics
Hillary Clinton's recent announcement that she's running for President has inspired many conflicting thoughts. It helps to remind myself of the big picture, and why I care and still care about...
View ArticleURGENT: Ohio Union Rights in Jeopardy!!
Ohio Republicans are trying to strip Ohio public university faculty of union collective bargaining rights, with NO DEBATE, rammed through in a budget bill – all with the usual underhandedness of Scott...
View ArticleAnother police shooting? Not this time.
In what is suspected to be an attempted "suicide by cop", a police officer exercises restraint. See more below the fold.
View ArticleSo apparently cops need to shoot MORE people...
New Richmond Police officer Jesse Kidder, in confronting a double murder suspect, used restraint when the suspect attempted "suicide by cop". Gun nuts are now PO'd that the officer didn't blow the...
View Articleearthquakes induced by nearby injection wells are a threat to Ohio's Perry...
this week's news from the oil patch, with a particular focus on how a new report affects a nuclear power plant in Northeast Ohio...
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Park the PARCC: Elyria 5th grader's editorial on Pearson testing
Is a 5th grader smarter than Ohio's PARCC testing initiative?Ayden Pol won 3rd place in the Lorain County Chronicle-Telegram editorial contest with his aptly titled piece "Park the PARCC".I'm with...
View ArticleMay '70, 1: 45 Years Ago, When We Found We Were Finally On Our Own
I'm heading to Kent State University this weekend. It amazes me that it was five years ago today, on the 40th anniversary, that I initially posted the first episode of this 19 part series (still...
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2020 Fantasy Redistricting: A 15-district Ohio
Past diaries in this series:Pennsylvania (17)Illinois (17)Alabama (6) and Minnesota (7)North Carolina (14)Ohio, like many Midwestern and North Atlantic states, has been growing much slower than the...
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Ohio abortion clinics cut in half following stringent abortion measures...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed legislation in 2013 that has undermined reproductive health care for women in the state. Abortion opponents have been laboring for years to reduce the number of abortions...
View ArticleAudit shows Scott Walker's slushy WEDC continues to break laws
Those of you on Kos may not have heard too much about the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), or even know too much about the level of disaster that Scott Walker's reign as governor of...
View ArticleMother's Day
I'm like a lot of, or even like every other adopted child in the world. I have two Moms...
View ArticleJoe Gergley, GOP candidate for mayor in Ohio, tweets racist and homophobic...
Joe Gergley is a 26 year old GOP candidate for mayor of Gahanna, Ohio (a suburb of Columbus) and he recently won the mayoral primary with 1/3 of the vote in a low turnout election. Of course, once he...
View ArticleUN criticizes US human rights record. Cites police brutality, pervasive...
NY Times: U.S. Must Do More on Civil Rights, Officials Agree“We must rededicate ourselves to ensuring that our civil rights laws live up to our promise,” James Cadogan, a senior Justice Department...
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New research suggests fracking is probably poisoning the air
Trees may be brown because of the seasons, not the air quality Researchers from Oregon have concluded that the air quality around fracking operations is bad. Very bad.The researchers found that...
View ArticleOhio Republicans Hide Poll Tax in New Bill
Republicans in Ohio have come up with a new poll tax to keep the poor/young/liberal leaning folks from voting. Tucked into a Voter ID bill (HB 189) is a provision that residents would have to obtain...
View Article"Born Again" as a Jerk
A bumper sticker I see fairly often in my sleepy, hippy hamlet is "Born okay the first time." I always chuckle when I see it--not in that condescending, patronizing way too many Christians do when they...
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Ohio teacher fired for trying to stop a classroom bully
As schools nationwide embrace campaigns to stop bullying, one well-liked Ohio teacher is out of her job after she tried to show one bully how his behavior was affecting the whole class:"I said 'do you...
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at what moment, if you are armed, must you shoot back?
Life does occasionally have existential moments of decision-making, Odds are in the above case, some of the bullets were meant for either of two targets. Was the stopped car at that moment, a...
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DoJ "settlement" to be announced today over Cleveland Police brutality
Details of the settlement are expected today, but somehow a cop standing on the hood of a car emptying a magazine through the windshield stands in stark contrast to any sense of justice. Is 600 events...
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