Do you have something to say?
Is there something burning on your mind that you just have to share?
I want to invite you to the last — for now — in our series of events designed to help readers share article ideas and opinions on Greater Columbus and beyond.
I will host "The Dispatch On Tour: How to get your news and views in the newspaper" with Dispatch Assistant Metro Editor Ryan Smith.
The free event will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 12 in meeting rooms 1 and 2 of the Martin Luther King branch, 1467 E. Long St. in Columbus.
The series is in partnership with Columbus Metropolitan Library and intended to empower people with the confidence and tools needed to get in front of Dispatch readers.
Ryan and I will discuss how to submit press releases, news ideas, letters to the editor, guest columns and other information for consideration to be published in The Dispatch and on Dispatch.com.
Speaking of opinions
They say loose lips sink ships.
When it comes to the leaked copy of a decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, USA TODAY Opinion columnist Jonathan Turley reasoned they can also leave chinks in the Supreme Court's armor.
"This draft and the alignment of justices can change. What will not change is that stench. The court has lost a type of institutional innocence in maintaining confidentiality through decades of hard-fought and heated legal disputes," he wrote in a column published in the Dispatch.
Letter writer Abramo Ottolenghi of Columbus saw things much differently.
He says the court has not been innocent for years.
"However, when Turley claims that 'there is a loss of innocence' for the Supreme Court, he apparently forgets that for many, including myself, the Supreme Court's “appearance of innocence” was compromised when Sen. Mitch McConnell blocked the hearings for Merrick Garland, then proceeded to confirm Neil Gorsuch and then, even more egregiously, he speed-confirmed Amy Coney Barrett while ignoring the reasons he gave to block Garland’s nomination," Ottolenghi wrote in a letter published today.
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New Then What Happened podcast
The latest episode of the "Then What Happened" podcast features unabashed Columbus cheerleader Gregg Dodd.
Raised in Toledo, the Columbus Metropolitan Library marketing chief tells me he fell in love with Ohio's capital 20 years ago.
The romance has only gotten better.
From restaurants to the art scene to the city's diverse neighborhoods, Dodd says Columbus has a sophisticated vibe and "grit."
More: Listen to Gregg Dodd on the Then What Happened podcast
Then What Happened Podcast can be found here, on Apple Podcast, Spotify and where ever else you find your favorite shows.
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