The more politically savvy will know Al Franken from his radio show on Air America, while the Saturday Night Live fans may remember him from his hilarious self-help character Stuart Smalley and his behind the scenes award-winning writing....
01 December 2004
The Free Press regrets to announce that the grand old hog, Iggy Fitrakis, and his mischevious stepbrother, Winston Mogg-Way, both passed away in October at the age of 13. Both elderly men lived four years longer than most pet pot-bellied...
29 November 2004
It was a brilliantly sunny, early Friday afternoon in September, the kind of memorable day one yearns for in the bleakness of winter. Classes at Columbia had just started, and hundreds of students were clustered along the steps and...
29 November 2004
COLUMBUS--Preaching to a packed, wildly cheering central Ohio citizen congregation, Rev. Jesse Jackson blasted the presidential election back into the national headlines Sunday. Jackson said new findings cast serious doubt on the idea...
27 November 2004
Staughton Lynd's Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising, is a compelling book. So compelling, in fact, that it left me wanting to read more.
Lynd and his wife, Alice, have spent several years reviewing the...
Lynd and his wife, Alice, have spent several years reviewing the...
27 November 2004
Everybody loves a bargain, especially during the holiday shopping season.
In fact, that seems to be part of the fun of Christmas: finding that perfect gift for Uncle Fred on sale, or picking something up for little Timmy at...
In fact, that seems to be part of the fun of Christmas: finding that perfect gift for Uncle Fred on sale, or picking something up for little Timmy at...