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Hurricane Sandy: A Photo Essay

November 10, 2012 // 0 Comments

The Empire State Building as seen from Church Street in Tribeca One of New York’s Finest cordons off an area around Pier 85 as the weather grows increasingly inclement. [...]

S17: Occupy Wall Street Turns One by Eric Walton 9.22.12

September 21, 2012 // 0 Comments

These men and women were ready for action and when there was no action to be found, they wasted no time creating it themselves.

September 17th, 2012 marked the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. I arrived in Manhattan’s Financial District at around 7:30 that morning to find that Wall [...]

Happy Birthday, Houdini by Fitzroy

December 25, 2011 // 0 Comments

"The three most famous names in history are Jesus Christ, Sherlock Holmes and Harry Houdini." -George Bernard Shaw As the terrestrial existence of Jesus Christ is a matter of some dispute among professional historians, and as there is no question that Sherlock Holmes was entirely fictitious, then at least as far as George Bernard Shaw is concerned... [...]

Social Decorum and Sustainability: One Vegan’s Quest Not to Sound Like a Self-Righteous Bore

February 12, 2011 // 0 Comments

In the U.S. alone, over 260,000,000 acres of forest have been converted to cropland to grow feed for farm animals.

A vegan of twenty years explains why the question "Why are you a vegan?" can be difficult to answer. [...]