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...last month’s holiday celebrating a mass murderer and racist bigot (Columbus Day) demonstrates, the veritas Smith wants to perpetuate is deeply ingrained in American society, and perhaps a critical look from another perspective might serve all of us well in our quest for truth and knowledge...

Author: By Matthew H. Espy, | Title: Read First, Rant Later | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

With the exception of one track from his new album Freeman (the sunny, horn-driven “We Feel It”) most of the concert is a mix of older tracks. Among these is the memorable “Columbus,” which declares “Christopher Columbus is a dam-blasted liar / He never discover Jamaica...

Author: By Andrew R. Iliff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reggae Artist Burning Spear Rocks the Roxy | 10/31/2003 | See Source »

Startec Inc., like Earthco, has a proprietary process for turning coal into synthetic fuel. The Dublin, Ohio, penny-stock company (last week's closing price: 35), whose formula is used by nine plants in four states, started life in 1990 as Sports International Inc., owner of Ohio's Columbus Thunderbolts arena-football team. That lasted only a year. The team was sold in 1991, and Sports International transformed into Startec, hoping to cash in on the technology boom. Among its announced ventures was a plan to convert tires to energy. That didn't turn out either, but somewhere along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Energy Scam | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...insane multiples." On paper, Planet was worth some $3.4 billion at its apex--and Earl more than $1 billion. But its stock, which peaked at $32, was delisted just before Planet's first bankruptcy in 1999. The chain, based in Orlando, Fla., had barreled into nontouristy towns like Columbus, Ohio, only to scale back from 47 company-owned locations to today's nine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Relaunching Planet Earl | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...choose his battles as he sees fit. Considering the fact that Jim Brown can call (Ohio State Athletic Director) Andy Geiger a "slave master" and no one in the media even blinks an eye, I don't blame Rush for declining to defend his opinions. Gregg D. Colahan Columbus, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Rush Limbaugh right to resign from ESPN? | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

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