Stop The Madness, Unveil The Truth And Ask Yourself: Is The United Nations Living Up To Its Founding Principals?
21 May 2012, 12:16 pm
NEW YORK, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A global oxyMORON event will occur on May 29, 2012 that the public needs to be aware of -- on this day, the United Nations will "celebrate" the International ...

Elegy: May 18th, 1980 - An Essay by Bill Morelock
18 May 2012, 11:40 am
I lived in Pullman, Washington when Mt. St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980. Though 250 miles away, Pullman was in the path of the twelve-hour ash fall that turned day to night on that Sunday 32 years ago. Because it coincided with another significant but small spreading of ashes on that same day, I've tended to recast the event in largely symbolic terms -- in a sense turning the mountain upside ...

Ten good reasons to support public art
16 May 2012, 6:07 pm
When offered the opportunity to regularly submit an article regarding public art to the Athens-Banner-Herald, the Athens Cultural Affairs Commission members agreed that it would be beneficial to invite other arts organizations to submit articles on public art topics of particular importance to them. Today, our contributing writer is Randy Cohen, vice president of research and policy at Americans ...

Guest column: Chris Bent ... Conspicuous consumption and legacies
14 May 2012, 11:13 am
Someone once said to me, "Live it up — you can't take it with you."

David Bromwich: The Peace Prize War President
3 May 2012, 2:21 pm
In his campaign to win the election as a war president, Barack Obama flatters the worst vices of chauvinism and panders to the most vulgar and brutal idea of the qualities that define a leader and the actions that ennoble a country. No alchemy of eloquence can atone for the confession of moral surrender involved in such a boast.

Why we need superheroes
3 May 2012, 2:20 pm
The Hulk and his ilk offer us a chance at redemption.

Local boxing: A documentary worth watching
25 April 2012, 11:36 pm
You really need to come to Wolf’s 111 on Wolf Road in Colonie tonight at 6:30 p.m. for the premier of “Passions & Struggles,” an unforgettable boxing documentary.

Roosevelt's new tower adds skyline sizzle
25 April 2012, 5:58 pm
Blair Kamin: Savvy architecture buffs tend to view look-at-me buildings with a wary glance. All too often, these designs are slick packages, not real places that ennoble our daily routines. Anybody who's witnessed the cacophony of shrieking skyscrapers in Dubai knows that.

New openly gay Romney aide deletes tweets that took aim at women in politics
24 April 2012, 10:09 am
but the Republican front-runner's new employee has also caused him trouble with another demographic he's trying to woo: women.

Gay Romney aide deletes tweets bashing prominent females
23 April 2012, 3:46 pm
— Mitt Romney’s decision to appoint an openly gay man as his foreign policy spokesperson has angered social conservatives, not surprisingly — but the Republican front-runner’s new employee has also caused him trouble with another demographic he’s trying to woo: women.