Does Not Compute

Cyber amnesia runs rampant in age with eight-letter user names and eight-letter-plus-one-numeral passwords

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

It was the night before Facebook went public. I woke up in the middle of a nightmare, unable to pet my dog. In my dream I sauntered out of my bedroom, just as I usually do, bent down to stroke the

Wednesday, May 9,2012
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Drone Rangers

When local peacekeepers arrest peaceful protesters for taking a stand, it’s not exactly the American way

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

I feel safer now. I hope you do, too. Were it not for the brave action of our Sheriff’s Department, acting on a tip provided in the form of a press release, a group of self-anointed prophets

Wednesday, May 2,2012
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Game Changer

Ursula Rozum’s candidacy could very well determine the outcome of the 25th District race

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

It would have been easy not to take notice last month when young Ursula Rozum, a staff member at the Syracuse Peace Council and a 2002 graduate of Bishop Ludden High School, announced...

Wednesday, April 18,2012
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Ozzie and Harried

Free speech strikes out as Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen speaks of his admiration for Fidel Castro

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

The opening of baseball season is one of my favorite times of the year. The nets have barely been cut down at the Final Four, and suddenly the boys of summer are back on the grass, or plastic, and

Wednesday, April 4,2012
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Pulp Fiction

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

SANITY Pulp Fiction The Near West Side is misrepresented twice, by the daily newspaper and a Syracuse police officer By Ed Griffin-Nolan L ast year when the city announced plans to se

Wednesday, March 21,2012
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Bedroom Farce

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

Considering the recent campaign rhetoric, seems like the GOP presidential candidates don’t like sex, women, or sex with women

Wednesday, March 14,2012
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Urban Legend

It's time to move Jazz Fest back to where the action is: downtown during summertime

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

We can’t move the Carrier Dome downtown. That baseball stadium on the North Side is staying just where it is. But the Syracuse Jazz Fest—that one we can do something about. Now that On

Wednesday, March 7,2012
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Rising Tide

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

Reclaiming Cannery Row with the Monterey Bay Aquarium evokes real-life possibilities for the Onondaga Lake shoreline

Wednesday, February 22,2012
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Dumb and Coke

America’s hypocritical drug policies took root in the Honduran countryside

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

America’s hypocritical drug policies took root in the Honduran countryside

Wednesday, February 15,2012
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Leap of Faith

It’s a stretch for Ann Marie Buerkle to label Barack Obama’s contraceptive plan a war on religion

By Ed Griffin-Nolan

It’s a stretch for Ann Marie Buerkle to label Barack Obama's contraceptive plan a war on religion