By Brian McLane As Bonnie Raitt once sang, “Life gets mighty precious when there’s less of it to waste.” Believe me, when you’ve spent the bulk of your days in a wheelchair, and now spend pretty much every waking moment secure in the knowledge that your body is slowly breaking down on you – a […]
By Chuck Wainwright I'd transferred to Syracuse University from a tiny college in Salem, West Virginia where we’d actually had a fairly robust chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a fraternity focused on public service. What amazed me when I got to S.U., however, was what little presence APO had there. I mean, seriously, you had […]
I have to admit, I've not even seen this movie yet. But I've lived it. A dear friend sent me the trailer below just this morning and I wanted to share it with you right away. When you get a chance, and if you have Netflix, please check out Crip Camp, an award-winning 2020 documentary […]
Tavares 1976 She was such a vision I could barely take my eyes off her. We were at a New York State Assembly Democratic fund-raiser. It was a Wednesday night. Also in attendance was Mario Cuomo, who at that point was running for governor for the first time. The venue was a large ballroom in […]
By Gary MacLachlan Since he’s recently put out an all-points bulletin in pursuit of good (and juicy) Brian McLane driving misadventures, let’s get that out of the way first. Understand, Brian and I are both Syracusans, we were both at Syracuse University at roughly the same time, we were both involved with the athletic department […]