To restore Kimberly Parkway, we need human services first

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Duane Casares wants to restore Kimberly Parkway, a neighborhood on the southeast side of Columbus that surrounds the old Eastland Mall. “Kimberly has a terrible infant mortality problem and a high eviction rate. Many of its residents live at the federal poverty level ($26,200 for a family of four), are there are no youth-oriented services—libraries, recreation centers, YMCAs or Boys & Girls Clubs—anywhere.”

Casares and the non-profit agency he heads, Direction for Youth and Families, work to strengthen families and ...

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Can a court order you to not have children?

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If you have 13 children by nine women and fall behind on your child support payments, can a court order you to not have more children? A trial court in Lorain County, Ohio, thought it had the power to do so, and the appellate court agreed. Now it’s up to the Ohio Supreme Court to decide the issue. Listen to a discussion with the attorney who is handling the case. ...

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Trump’s coronavirus blunder and failed leadership

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In failing to react quickly to the coronavirus, Donald Trump’s blunder rivals that of General Maurice Gamelin, commander of the French Army at the start of World War Two.

Shortly before Germany invaded France, Gamelin received intelligence reports the Germans were headed toward the Ardennes forest. Convinced the Ardennes could not be penetrated, Gamelin disregarded what he was told. The Germans burst through the Ardennes and took Paris five weeks later.

Like Gamelin, Trump didn’t see ...

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