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Tallmadge law firm marks a momentous anniversary
When attorney Robert Maguire first started his law office in Tallmadge in 1975, he had no idea how much the profession and his practice would evolve.
At the time, Maguire had a part-time assistant and handled a wide variety of matters.
“My rent was $50 a month and I wrote on a yellow pad,” said Maguire. “My ... (full story)
For some Jewish women, 'passing' as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the same
(THE CONVERSATION) Travel case in hand, dressed in fashionable clothing and wearing a practiced, coquettish smile, Hela Schüpper Rufeisen sat aboard the train to Warsaw, Poland. No one on board would have suspected that beneath the coat of the young woman were strapped assorted handguns and several cartridge clips.
Schü ... (full story)
There's an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
(THE CONVERSATION) Texas A&M University told philosophy professor Martin Peterson in early January 2026 that he could not teach some of Greek philosopher Plato's writings that touch on "race and gender ideology."
The university's local chapter of the American Association of University Professors, an organization of ... (full story)
NASA's Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them
(THE CONVERSATION) On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceXFalcon 9 rocket carriedNASA's new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit.
Exoplanets are worlds that orbit other stars. They are very difficult to observe because – seen f ... (full story)
Saudi-UAE bust-up over Yemen was only a matter of time − and reflects wider rift over vision for the region
(THE CONVERSATION) Years of simmering tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates exploded into the open on Dec. 30, 2025.
That's when Saudi officials accused the UAE of backing separatist groups in Yemen and carried out an airstrike in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla targeting an alleged shipment of weapons f ... (full story)