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Wednesday, October 10,2012
WHAT'S SHAKIN'

Will Walk for Food

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
A raft of newspaper articles highlighting the problem of homelessness followed the recent deaths of two homeless people at downtown encampments. Refugees from conflict in Syria and Mali beg from t
Wednesday, October 10,2012
SANITY FAIR

Tax and Rend

Political solutions for trimming the deficit redefine what it means to pass the buck

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
A funny thing happened on the way to the first presidential debate. Mitt Romney lost his $5 trillion tax cut, Barack Obama lost his swagger, and the rest of us lost the chance to have a grownup de
Wednesday, September 26,2012
WHAT'S SHAKIN'

Middle East Maven

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
If events in the Middle East seem to take you by surprise, don’t feel alone. Edward S. “Ned” Walker spent the better part of his career as a diplomat working in the Arab world and I
Wednesday, September 26,2012
SANITY FAIR

Choose Sides

Republicans can’t seem to get out of their own way when it concerns women’s reproductive freedom

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
And so it goes. Here’s how ideas once considered out on the far fringes of political discourse find their way into the mainstream, and begin to acquire respectability. It’s a dance with
Wednesday, September 19,2012
SANITY FAIR

Natural Highs

There is still time to embrace the great outdoors that surrounds Central New York

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
This summer when my one of my sons brought his college sweetheart to visit his family, the place he most wanted to show her was a rock. Not just any rock. “The rock.” The rock sticks ou
Wednesday, September 19,2012
SUSTAINABILITY

Clothes Encounters

Even if you want to hang your laundry outside, you might not be able to—and here’s why

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
Which would you rather see out your window on a lovely summer day: your neighbor’s underwear or a natural gas drilling rig? That, in dramatic and simplified fashion, may be the kind of questi
Wednesday, September 12,2012
SANITY FAIR

Marathon Man

Paul Ryan’s lie about his best marathon time could sink the so-called numbers man

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
If you’re stuck in traffic behind Paul Ryan’s campaign motorcade, you would expect to see Romney 2012 bumper stickers attached to the dark SUVs hauling...
Wednesday, September 5,2012
WHAT'S SHAKIN'

Rogers: Over or Out?

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
Bad news: The Post-Standard’s announcement that it’s cutting circulation, pages and staff doesn’t bode well for the daily newspaper industry. For weeklies, however, it could be good new
Wednesday, September 5,2012
SANITY FAIR

Funny Papers

With the downsizing of The Post-Standard, government malfeasance can run wild

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
In yet another desperate attempt to imitate their crosstown rival, the esteemed journal you now hold in your hands, the corporate moguls who own the Syracuse Post-Standard announced last week that
Wednesday, August 15,2012
SANITY FAIR

Profiles in Courage

The human interest stories during NBC’s Olympics broadcasts hid the connect with the past and present athletes

By Ed Griffin-Nolan
The Olympics are over, and I miss them already. Plenty of people have complained about the television coverage, so I won’t bother to join the chorus of NBC bashers. Seems to me that our own S
 
 
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