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Advertising in the Virus Age
To borrow a phrase from the Madison Avenue ad people “In these difficult times, it’s reassuring to know that we still have enough of what we need.” Well, let’s be more truthful here. We may have ...
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In Plain Sight (if we looked)
For the past couple of months, we’ve been seeing news reports and ads that tell us: “We’re all in this together” and “We’re strong” and “We’ll never forget our heroes”. Most of the reports and ads ...
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Silver Lining Time
I just got off the phone with one of my daughters. She’s a math teacher in a public middle school here in New York and has to try to teach her 100 plus sixth and eighth ...
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The Death President
Four presidents of the United States have been assassinated: Abraham Lincoln (1864), James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy (1963). An additional fourteen presidents are considered to have been the targets of assassination attempts. Keep ...
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Underlying Conditions
We’ve all become used to what doctors and other experts on the cable news shows say—people with underlying conditions are much more vulnerable to the COVID 19 virus and are in much greater danger of becoming seriously ...
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Adventures in Cruiseland
Cruise ships are big—the ships are incredibly large and the number of worldwide passengers grows steadily. Many of the big ships are four football fields long, a half football field wide and almost a football field high ...
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A Short Note on May Stevens
In August of 2018, I posted an article titled “The Ordinary/Extraordinary May Stevens” about the life and work of Ms. Stevens. I recently learned that she had died at the age of 95 in December of 2019. ...
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Interview with Matt Peterson of Woodbine
What is Woodbine? Woodbine is a common, autonomous, experimental space in Ridgewood, Queens, opened up by a group of friends in the beginning of 2014. The idea behind it was to open up an ...
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If there is a god, it’s this young man
Moments after Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10-years in prison for Botham Jean’s murder, Botham’s younger brother, Brandt Jean, gave a victim statement and hugged Guyger.
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Connections
So, this is an odd piece. On a late summer Saturday in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, my daughter and her husband did a swim-and-run in a state park. My wife and I watched their kids, three of ...
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