Originally published in The Daily Pennsylvanian, Autumn 2000 Hirsute masses camped around Washington, D.C.’s Reflecting Pool. Stormy-faced libbers incinerating lingerie. Stoic figures reeling under the barrage of fire hoses. And perhaps the most horrific, memorable image of all: stunned Kent State students staring at their compatriots’ bodies on a day that will live in infamy.… [Read more…]
February 11, 2009
Originally published in The Daily Pennsylvanian, Autumn 2000 Columbine. I remember the day that name became a national byword, much in the same way I remember the day Princess Diana died or the way those slightly older than I remember the Challenger disaster. They didn’t know, at first, how many were dead; estimates ran up… [Read more…]
October 29, 2008
In 1999 I took issue with Britney Spears. I didn’t like …Baby One More Time and I wrote a column to say so. Some of my views have changed (I like Britney, love the record) and some haven’t (I still object to self-objectification for male titillation). Read on. Once upon a time girls hummed along… [Read more…]
October 29, 2008
Thanks to Google I’ve just stumbled across a column I wrote for the Daily Pennsylvanian some eight years ago. I was their foreign correspondent for a term, while studying at London’s King’s College. An excruciating tutorial there formed the basis for this column. All I could think was that I’ll never be able to open… [Read more…]
February 11, 2009
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