Defending the Essay as a Form
"What is an essay?" One of my friends asked me that question when I explained…
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I Saw My First Drug Overdose Today
I was walking past the park on the corner of Russ Street and Putnam Street…
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Politics
The New York Times Shouldn’t Have Published The Anonymous Op-Ed
I wasn’t on the editorial side of opinion writing for very long, but a conversation…
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Some Thoughts About The New Yorker
When Forbes published that op-ed a few weeks ago suggesting that Amazon replace local libraries,…
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Weddings: What the Hell Are You People Buying?
I overheard a friend describing the several weddings that she’s been attending this summer, and…
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I’m Sorry, but I Love Led Zeppelin
A few days ago, my esteemed colleague Gene Glotzer wrote a post about his dislike…
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The Best Weekend of the Year
It's the most wonderful time of the year. It's ConnectiCon! Today, I'm going to put…
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Whatever happened to Generation X?
Remember all those awesome Pepsi commercials from the 90's about Generation Next? Some were definitely…
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Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek is Going to Suck
[caption id="attachment_1840" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Source: http://gamerssphere.com/2016/01/08/quentin-tarantino-would-make-a-horror-movie/[/caption] If you follow movies or Star Trek, you've probably…
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Foreign Policy with Jam Stunna: NATO
Is there a such thing as an amateur foreign policy person? There are amateur astronomers,…