Dispatches

That was President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (caricatured above), addressing students at Columbia University, with probably one of the more unexpected statements about Iran you’re likely to hear. He was evasive on most questions, and those that he wasn’t he couched his answers to his audience — speaking about academic inquiry when asked about the […]

Somewhat of a tempest in a teapot by protest standards— the protesters were mostly confined to B’way and 116th, and I’d be surprised if there were more than a thousand or two. But though they lacked in number, they did not in diversity as they ran the gamut from anti-war (usually in orange), anti-Iran, anti-Zionist (including […]

Week’s end stories are going to be a regular feature here. They will be short, they may have happened or be works of complete fiction, but they all hope to entertain and inform. If you have a story you’d like put here, please email me at arcaheradel@gmail.com.
We are at the tail end of the age […]

Can’t get out of bed in the morning without a triple shot latte, but it’s at the point where you’re applying to Starbucks because you can’t afford your fix otherwise?
Well, we have a new/old option for you. Back in the day before automatic espresso machines, everybody used a basic (and fairly cheap) pot. I’ve been […]

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