“I think the sky’s gonna open up soon.” That was Brendan, looking up at the incredible, but assuringly ominous view above us in Cooper Square.
Posts published in “Past Opinion Columns”
I’ve never understood the appeal of preaching to the converted. What’s the point? Why bother bashing believers in ghosts, homeopathy and Allah or non-believers in global-warming, childhood vaccines and evolution in ways that cannot persuade but only annoy those who don’t pre-agree with you?
Tucked away on Third St. between Park and Willow is a café so small, that if you blink as you’re passing by, you’ll certainly miss it.
Hello world! More specifically, hello fellow tech skeptic. Welcome to this week’s issue of Technically Speaking. In this issue, we will talk about the most personal computer on the market right now, the smartwatch—more specifically the Apple Watch, due to popularity on and off campus.
The Hands Free Segway, in its various incarnations, is a very popular fad currently being paraded across countless Vines and Instagram accounts.
Nestled in the back of Hoboken (translation: you have to walk a bit further than Washington Street) is a tiny gem of an Italian deli that knows how to make a mean sandwich.
Over the summer I attended a meeting of the Breakthrough Institute, a think tank that challenges conventional green thinking. What appeals to me most about Breakthrough is its optimism, which motivates activism better than pessimism and is warranted by human progress.
Places To Be: A List of Experiences
New York City has been dubbed as the greatest city in the world. There are so many restaurants, attractions, and events there that you can’t call NYC a boring city.
For an in-class exercise, I like asking students: “What’s your utopia?” I tell them that utopias aren’t fashionable these days; “utopian” is generally employed in a derogatory sense, meaning naively optimistic.
I can’t believe this will be my last official column of the year already. With that said, this week’s column will be about people who play games, instead of individual games.