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Some of the comments in reply to Monday’s post on the Capital Pride Parade & Festival raised an interesting question: what do we mean when we talk about “tolerance” in our society?
The issue many take with the use of the word […]
Those awful, wonderful horns have drawn the ire of many of you watching the World Cup. Myself, I seem to be in the minority since it doesn’t bother me any more than the usual drone of noise during games.
But for those of you that are driven to acts of violence over those plastic monstrosities, […]
The bill to legalize Mixed Martial Arts in New York State and allow it to operate under the jurisdiction of the New York State Athletic Commission was passed last week by the State Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts, and Sports Committee and yesterday made it through the Assembly Codes Committee. It is currently in the […]
It’s not often that one gets the opportunity to see a friend fully realize his or her lifelong goal in person. I had that pleasure this past Saturday.
I first met Matt when I was a freshman and he was a sophomore. At that point I was a tried and true anti-theist; one who held […]
(in response to letters such as the one DOH sent out, courtesy the State Worker blog)
TO: All State Workers
FROM: Kevin Marshall, Local Treasure
CC:
There’s a bit of a theme to this week’s posts: tolerance. It came about somewhat unintentionally, in that although one post did spark and inspire others it was not due to an effort to dedicate a full week to the theme of tolerance. As such, I won’t call it “Tolerance Week” or anything goofy like […]
Patrick Bauntello has publicly vacated his position as blogger for the Animal Rights blog here at the Times Union website, citing too much stress from the criticism.
Which is fine. This isn’t […]
I just learned from WTEN’s Twitter stream that the 36-pound cat known as Flabby Tabby has found a family that is “happy to take on his maintenance issues.”
I watched video of the cat, and he really is a sweetie. Then again, I’m a sucker for cats. […]
A recent piece from National Geographic’s website highlights the controversy erupting over the suggesting some biologists are making that it might be more humane to euthanize birds affected by BP’s colossally disastrous oil spill in the Gulf Caost than to clean and release […]
Make sure you pick up today’s issue of Metroland, which features (the feet of) yours truly, local musician Matthew Carefully, and a bunch of orange balloons.
Speaking of which, I finally got around to listening to Matthew’s new release “Community Balloon,” and I’m lovin’ it. His […]
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