“Let’s roll!” United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer’s last known words — before he and some of his fellow passengers ostensibly tried to overcome the terrorists who hijacked his plane on 9/11 — have become a battle cry (and patriotic marketing gimmick) in the wake of the attacks. In the immediate aftermath of the […]
Chris Busby
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Carol, you fool
Someone contacted the office a few months ago to tell us that Carroll’s, an Irish bar and restaurant on East Main Street across from East High, has the only jukebox in town stocked with Shane MacGowan CDs. This sounded like a dubious claim, but one worth looking into. Had MacGowan, a notorious sot, […]
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Aftermathematics
Certainly, one of the terrorists’ motivations in planning the attacks of 9/11 was to cripple our economy. In addition to destroying its most prominent symbol, and all the people inside it, they hoped to deal a crushing blow to our finances as a nation. According to no less an authority than New York Governor […]
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Good news unravels fast
In a February 21 press release, Monroe County Clerk Maggie Brooks reacted to the state’s decision to close its Department of Motor Vehicles office in Sibley Centre on East Main Street, effective April 1 — making Rochester the only major city in the state without such a service downtown. “While any change can be […]
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EC to the rescue
Part two of a two-part series on emergency contraception. Part one dealt with state legislative efforts to mandate that EC be provided to rape victims in emergency rooms. It happens. Condoms break, or slip off, during intercourse. Women forget to take their birth control pills. Couples, caught up in a moment of passion, often […]
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EC to the rescue
Part one of a two-part series. Should a rape victim be forced to carry the rapist’s baby to term? If a pill, taken shortly after the assault, can prevent pregnancy with minimal side effects (nausea, sometimes vomiting and a headache), and make an abortion unnecessary, should such birth control be made readily available? Morally, […]
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Danger zone
Like its neighbor a block or so down the street (Snuffy MaGee’s — sorry I forgot about your big “G” last column), Elixer is a potentially fatal place to drink. Located at the corner of South Goodman and South Clinton, Elixer occupies a sharply angled space that fills one of five wedges around the […]
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Porno 101
University of Rochester students learn the power and the pitfalls of pornography
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Pataki’s choice
Among the half-truths, distortions, and misleading politic-speak Governor George Pataki spewed forth in his January 29 address announcing his 2003-2004 state budget was this whopper: “The last thing I want to do is reduce spending on education. However, the crisis is that bad. We have no choice.” If the guv had been hooked up […]
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Molly Clifford in the hot seat
Longtime Democratic Party activist Molly Clifford succeeded Ted O’Brien as chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee last December. Unlike O’Brien, who served in the position in a more-or-less part-time capacity, Clifford will helm the county party full-time. She’ll need every minute she can spare. The 37-year-old Clifford, whose most recent paying job […]
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Whatever happened to Pong?
Beer pong — the sport that melds
the heart-pounding thrill of Ping-Pong with the gut-wrenching taste of warm
beer chugged from a plastic cup — has arrived.
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Chipping away at Roe
Nearly 30 years after the Supreme Court recognized women’s constitutional right to end unwanted pregnancies through abortion in Roe v Wade, that right is facing what may prove to be its most serious challenge. Anti-choice activists have been rallying against Roe for decades, chipping away at the decision’s legal foundation with the help of […]
