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9/11: Twenty Two Years Later
Continuing to look with hope to a better future twenty two years later....
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9/11: Twenty One Years Later
Finally after so many years of doubt, a glimmer of hope that we as a people can...
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9/11: Twenty Years Later
It's been twenty years and it seems the best we can do is say, "Never Forget."...
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I Voted by Mail (2020)
Voting by mail is safe and not the first step to fraudulent elections. ...
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9/11: Nineteen Years Later
Nineteen years and we're tearing ourselves further and further apart. I'm...
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I Voted (2019)
I won't say who I voted for, but I will say why I voted the way that I did. ...
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Shut The Fuck Up and VOTE!!!
The problem isn't who you support or what you believe. The problem is your...
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9/11: Eighteen Years Later
Eighteen years later and I still don't know what to do or think or feel or say....
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Open Letter to Hoboken: 4th of July
Hey, Hoboken! Please -- I beg you -- do not post a giant, glaring sign telling...
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Don’t You Dare Rest In Peace!
I'll see you one the other side. If there is another side. ...
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The Pros of Hoboken’s Cons
While the crowds have declined in recent years, days like this are needed for...
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When The Music’s Over, Turn On the Stove…
Confronting the need to alter my sappy, self-deprecating grumpiness as well as...
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9/11: Seventeen Years Later
And here I am again. Finding myself wondering what happened to my America....
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RIP Anthony Bourdain
Another hero lost. This one by his own demons. This one hit me hard. This one...
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2017: A Year of Broken Promises to Myself
As the year was coming to and end, I found it harder and harder to maintain my...
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9/11: Sixteen Years Later
Sixteen years and it's becoming clear that America is finally forgetting what...
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