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Fear. Fear of the other. Fear of the outsider. Fear of change. Fear of everything. Anger and Rage. At the rich. At the system, whatever that means. At our…
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Labor Day has passed, and the common expression is that summer is unofficially over. I reject that statement; I’ll go with the astronomical calendar…
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Like millions of others, I watched the final episode of HBO’s epic series, Game of Thrones. I found it – like the entire series – immensely entertaining,…
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My mother, Mary Kowal, passed away on April 2nd after 98 incredible years. She was born in 1920, when Woodrow Wilson was president. As many know, Wilson…
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Colleges and universities have long been a destination for international scholars, who have brought their intellect, cultural diversity and global…
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Last weekend, I was with my wife at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre with several thousand others to hear the music of Emmylou Harris, Jackson Browne, Steve Earle…
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When President Donald Trump began staging his campaign-style rallies soon after he became president, the decision to air those events live was a…
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Another school, another shooting.Last week, eight students and two teachers were gunned down at the Santa Fe High School in Texas. Arrested was a…
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I knew it was going to be a lean year for SUNY, especially after the governor began talking about a $4.4 billion budget deficit, and how it was going to…
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One of the toughest jobs in 19th century America was that of a laundress. Although machines were used in the commercial laundry process, this was still…