Your Morning Vice – A Colada if You’re in Ecuador By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist It is the thick of winter now, warm days are distant memory, and one of the most comforting things is a hot beverage cradled in your hands. Here in Jersey, coffee is pretty […]
Will all of FLOW have a CERT? by Ryan “Robinson” Schwertfeger Recently, several local high school students graduated from a training course which is catching fire across the country. In this program called CERT, or Community Emergency Response Team, members are trained and educated about what to do to help […]
How Many Names Do You Know for Groundhogs? By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist Groundhogs have been in the spotlight lately, thanks to Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck. What these furry creatures are called actually depends on what part of the country you are from. I have informally […]
Yuri Wright, senior at Don Bosco High School, was recently expelled from the Catholic academy in response to sexist and racist comments posted to his Twitter account. Thomas Aquinas addressed the question…Is stupidity a sin…
Simple Arithmetic Submitted by a local taxpayer interested in the annual School Budget vote. It wasn’t surprising to read of the Court tossing out the defamation lawsuit of former RIH Superintendent Saxton (December 2011 Suburban News) against a Board of Education trustee. Most public servants are interested in doing just […]
Is Smaller Better? By Veronica MacDonald Ditko An Accidental Anthropologist The last miniature quiche was passed under our noses at a wedding and everyone lunged at the tempting hors d’oeuvre. Then came the tiny kebobs with a Thai peanut sauce. Each tray brought smaller more scrumptious bites of food that […]
