Opinion Archive

  • As the holiday season encroaches, Americans should be wary of our most cherished institution: television. Sure, TV will regurgitate the usual canon of Christmas movies and specials. Within the next...

    In Soviet Russia, ‘Elf’ watches you

    As the holiday season encroaches, Americans should be wary of our most cherished institution: television. Sure, TV will regurgitate the usual canon of Christmas movies and specials. Within the next...

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  • Though I do not attest that fracking is a momentary economic boost to a location, it is only such a boost to the landowner that leases the property. To say...

    America all fracked up

    Though I do not attest that fracking is a momentary economic boost to a location, it is only such a boost to the landowner that leases the property. To say...

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  • Can you name a tradition as old as human sacrifice and equally as unwise? If you said young marriage, you are correct and may also be a mind reader. In...

    Rushing into marriage leaves room for doubt, failure

    Can you name a tradition as old as human sacrifice and equally as unwise? If you said young marriage, you are correct and may also be a mind reader. In...

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  • Before Thanksgiving last week, I had never participated in anything associated with the sociological event known as Black Friday. Normally, I will only get out of bed before dawn for...

    Black Friday shopping not worth consumer madness

    Before Thanksgiving last week, I had never participated in anything associated with the sociological event known as Black Friday. Normally, I will only get out of bed before dawn for...

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  • Christmas is quickly arriving, but for many it began halfway through October. It seems like every year stores start bringing out Christmas merchandise earlier than the year before. It irritates...

    Christmas all about making memories

    Christmas is quickly arriving, but for many it began halfway through October. It seems like every year stores start bringing out Christmas merchandise earlier than the year before. It irritates...

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  • The holidays are approaching, and though we haven’t just had Thanksgiving or anything, that’s not really what is deemed the “holiday season.” Black Friday solidifies the start of this season,...

    Enjoy family, not items

    The holidays are approaching, and though we haven’t just had Thanksgiving or anything, that’s not really what is deemed the “holiday season.” Black Friday solidifies the start of this season,...

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  • When the “Twilight” books hit the scene a few years ago, they changed the way vampires were thought of. They were no longer horrid fanged creatures who said “I vant...

    Interview with the Vampire

    When the “Twilight” books hit the scene a few years ago, they changed the way vampires were thought of. They were no longer horrid fanged creatures who said “I vant...

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  • It was not until recently that I actually starting reading books for entertainment and not just for some school project. They mostly consist of subjects like racing, a zombie apocalypse...

    The Kite Runner

    It was not until recently that I actually starting reading books for entertainment and not just for some school project. They mostly consist of subjects like racing, a zombie apocalypse...

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  • As a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. School of Communication (magazine journalism, class of 1981), I was struck by the incomplete and somewhat slack reporting by Timothy James. Fact checking,...

    Letter to the Editor – 11/18/2011

    As a graduate of Syracuse University’s S.I. School of Communication (magazine journalism, class of 1981), I was struck by the incomplete and somewhat slack reporting by Timothy James. Fact checking,...

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  • Every story has a hero, a character that undergoes some sort of transformation or change as a result of the story’s plot. This is no accident, as Joseph Campbell proposes...

    The Hero with a Thousand Faces

    Every story has a hero, a character that undergoes some sort of transformation or change as a result of the story’s plot. This is no accident, as Joseph Campbell proposes...

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