You’ve gotta feel sorry for pundits, in a way. Being forced to come up with compelling opinions on the emerging facts of the day must be stressful with deadlines always looming. Then there are the picky readers who try to make their life miserable when they screw up. On the other hand, the truth, and […]
What It is Like to be a Home Agent – No Commute, Independence and No Loud Coworkers
If you prefer not to commute to work every morning and like to have a quiet atmosphere as you work, then working as a home agent may be for you. There are many types of jobs available at different companies, such as customer service, data entry or sales. For the sake of this article I […]
March Snows, April Mud Slinging, May Battles for Poll Position
As snow blanketed Dobbs Ferry in late March, it looked like nature was unfairly siding with the Democratic Committee. The very elements were mocking the nonpartisan idea (Republican) of an election in March. In February, the good Commissioner LaFayette (Democrat) had wisely canceled the referendum in March to move the election to March and spared […]
Schooling isn’t education
Until the moment I withdrew my sons from state education in the UK, I confused education with schooling. It’s a common mistake, and one which is easier to make if you have been through the state education machine yourself. The state spends considerable amounts of money – our money! – persuading us that the two […]
The Birthday Roda
La Plata, Argentina — A light on in the sky, the moon, glows defiantly on the steps of the Humanidades branch of the University of La Plata. The steps are littered with short slips of paper, advertisements and such for various student services, hair cuts, cell phones. It is winter in August, the air dry […]
Alessandro Piangiamore
Galleria Paolo Bonzano – Rome November 16 – 20, 2006 For the occasion of his first solo gallery exhibition, Alessandro Piangiamore created his own wall text that announced the title of the show: Sfidando la verità con la gravità (Challenging truth through gravity). But rather than a conventional typeface neatly adhering to the wall, the […]
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