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Author Archives: Janos Marton
Nine Years. Nine Years.
If you were a freshman in high school right now, you would have no memories of what the United States was like before it went to war. On October 7, 2001, the Bush administration launched “Operation Infinite Justice”, which was … Continue reading
One Nation Working Together- A Celebration
This post was supposed to go up Monday…just realized it didn’t get published… On Saturday, Tim, Cristina and I rolled up to the One Nation Working Together rally in Washington D.C. Our friend Paul had hosted a raucous party the … Continue reading
Suspicious Package at the Explorers Club
On a rainy Monday evening I found myself in the Explorers Club library, sipping red wine, looking up at a stuffed polar bear. Emily Doubilet, she of burlesque legend and swinging Williamsburg garden parties, was joining with her Suspicious Package … Continue reading
Posted in NYC
Tagged Anne Doubilet, Explorers Club, Suspicious Package, Sustainable Party
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Living the Dream Across the Universe
If you could travel through space to a new planet, even if it meant never coming home again, would you do it? This was the question Tim posed to us over the weekend after the discovery of the Gliese 581g, … Continue reading
One Nation Working Together Shout Out
I’ll be joining thousands of civil rights activists, union organizers and anti-war protesters tomorrow at the One Nation Working Together rally in Washington, D.C. It may have gotten less press than the Stewart/Colbert rally (which I will probably also attend) … Continue reading
A Site To See: Untapped New York
Perhaps the best thing about New York is that you can grow up here, live here for years, and still never even scratch the surface of all the amazing art, architecture, museums, restaurants, parks and parties the City has to … Continue reading
An Evening of Book Bans, The Clash and The Crash
Last night the good people at Housing Works put together a great event on the longstanding tradition of banning “controversial” books. The event was held at their bookstore on Crosby Street, which is an absolute gold mine of awesome used … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, NYC, Political ramblings
Tagged Book Banning, Catch-22, Crispus, Herald Price Fahringer, Housing Works
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The Rikers Island Project
Rikers Island is a fearsome place, in all respects the opposite of living the dream. Located just off of Queens, the enormous jail complex houses adult defendants who can’t make bail before their trials, some individuals convicted of misdemeanors, and … Continue reading
Jesus Christ and the Sword of Destiny
Today’s New York Times has a great piece, “Atheists Outdo Some Believers in Surveys“, in which atheists, Mormons and Jews easily outpaced Christians in a random Pew survey asking questions about world religions and religious figures. Christian Evangelicals and Mormons … Continue reading
Posted in Political ramblings
Tagged Christopher Hitchens, Jesus, Overheard in New York, Swords
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An Evening With Titus Andronicus
How many bands have you seen three times? I’m not asking the jam band crowd, who might see Phish three times in one weekend, and it doesn’t count if it’s your friends, like Kittens Ablaze or Midnight Spin. I was … Continue reading
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