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My last commentary introduced what I considered a “skunk at the picnic” argument - namely that the interdiction of oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz was a good thing for the long term survival of humanity. My argument was that we need to stop consuming fossil fuels as quickly as possible - yesterday would not have been soon enough.
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Making compost takes some care - add greens, browns, water and air. This simple rhyme is a great way to remember the key ingredients to any compost pile.
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After just over a year of speech therapy, my son used his first full five-word sentence last summer: “Here, Mom, it’s a booger.”
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I can’t remember the specifics, but I remember seeing a poll a few years ago where an unusually high percentage of people believe that they could be professional athletes.
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"The Devil Wears Prada 2" arrives in theaters 20 years after the release of the original. The fashion rom-com was the 17th highest grossing film of 2006 and featured a breakthrough performance from Emily Blunt.
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I was meeting an old friend I hadn't seen in months. Walking toward her, everything looked right: the hair, the outfit, the bag slung over her shoulder.
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As we watch and wait for the shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz to open, the economic impact on the world because of the choking off of a significant chunk of world oil supply is being debated.
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Governor Kathy Hochul has talked a lot about housing, ranging from cost to the shortage of available housing.
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I hope those stunning photographs that the Artemis II astronauts sent back of Earth remind us of the stakes as we celebrate Earth Day. We’re a radiant, fragile oasis of life against the blackness of interstellar space.
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For years, I have wondered why Bard College, an innovative institution where I have worked for nearly 30 years and serve as the executive vice president and vice president for Academic Affairs, does not receive more press coverage. But, as the adage goes, be careful what you wish for.
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For a contemporary dance company, walking away from a major presenting opportunity is no small matter. Choreographer Doug Varone had been scheduled to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts but canceled the engagement after Donald Trump attached his name to the venue.
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This is a true story. Names have been removed, but it did happen. In was the summer of 1995, and I was a graduate student living in Gainesville, Florida. We were exactly one year from the ‘96 Summer games in Atlanta, which meant I was going to be a five-hour drive from the center of the sporting universe and young and free enough to drop everything to drive north and crash on someone’s couch in between track and swimming and whatever else I could get to.