BY RYAN KARBEN There was a political earthquake in Albany yesterday and its tremors reached Jerusalem. A bill to penalize organizations at New York universities that participate in academic boycotts of Israel was yanked from consideration by the State Assembly’s Committee on Higher Education at the last minute. When I served in the Assembly, bills […]
BY STEPHANIE DOLCE It has been said that the best relationships start off as friendships and the greatest relationships are the ones you never expected to be in.With Valentine’s day only a week away, not only am I thinking about the cupid project I launched about a month ago, but I am thinking in terms […]
BY STEPHANIE DOLCE Everybody has a right to be happy. That is not the issue. The issue at hand is how we go about trying to find that true happiness and if that’s all we are doing, then my question is: Why do we believe that the only way to be truly happy is if […]
BY JENNIFER MOCCIO Life has gotten a little sweeter since welcoming our little bundle of puppy joy into the family. Aidan has definitely been keeping me on my toes and away from the keyboard! He just loves playing fetch, teething on his chew toys (and sometimes fingers), and with the consistent NY snow storms the […]
BY STEPHANIE DOLCE Thanks to social media, today’s generation and those who have been accustomed to it, never really break up with anyone anymore. The word, “boyfriend” to a girl/woman today, has many different meanings- or if you ever have watched the “Big Bang Theory,” as Sheldon Cooper described Amy; “She’s a girl and she’s […]
BY STEPHANIE DOLCE Nothing that happens today surprises me, usually. But when a guy friend of mine tells me that an acquaintance we both know is getting married only after dating for one month, the word that goes off in my head is the word that most get defensive when you call them this. The […]