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Itâs about that time of year. Itâs 40 degrees after a cruel glimpse of summer over Spring Break. The trees are beginning to bud and those buds fly off in the wind and smack you in the face. Your roommates…
Salsa, friendly faces found 90 miles off US southern shore
In case you missed it, either because you donât read my articles or youâre not friends with me on Facebook, I made it back safely from Cuba! Let me catch you up to speed. I went to Cuba for spring…
MPAA bullies âBully,â swindles audience
No matter what form it takes, hypocrisy always sucks. The worst of these forms is pious hypocrisy, in which people make two-faced decisions and back themselves up with some skewed sense of a moral high ground. One of the worst…
Life changes after hurts
On March 2, 2008, I was on my way back from a lunch break between rehearsals for select chorus and the school play with my two friends. As we walked down a particularly seedy Binghamton street, a group of neighborhood…
Watertown bureau closure signals end of journalism era
The Watertown Daily Times, which for years had the distinction of being the smallest newspaper in the country to staff a full-time Washington, D.C. bureau, will shutter the one-man operation today. The demise of The Timesâ bureau signals the tragic…
Teach kids technological responsibility
Sometimes I feel as if âkidsâ are growing up too fast these days. Well, actually I think that most days; technology has created a somewhat overbearing presence in our society that cannot be ignored. I miss the days of being…
FICTION, LIFE MERGE IN VIOLENCE
This past weekend a movie came out that many were anticipating: âThe Hunger Games.â The book the movie was based on had a gripping story, tragic plights and, above all, some great character development. Of course, as the book was…
Freedom isn’t free
Freedom isnât free, so they say, but at what cost are you willing to pay for a bit of security? Would you allow others to be arrested for thought crimes, or insinuations of guilt, only to have them arrested without…
Suddenly, children seem like an actual option
Iâve got children on the brain. As a 21-year-old guy maybe thatâs not the most urgent item vying for my attention. But there they are, little toddlers just playing in the sandbox of my mind. Lately Iâve been thinking about…
War on Women must be performance art
I underestimated what the GOP had in store for 2012. What I mean is, we are witnessing one of the most ingenious and elaborate pieces of performance art ever conceived. The Republican Party knows they are in a rut. They…
