Necessary Roughness columnColumn by Trace Hacquard Snow Just A Four Letter Word"Necessary Roughness" is a look at life through the mind of a young, disgruntled pseudo-intellectual who finds himself knee-deep in insanity in most situations. "Roughness" looks at the worlds of entertainment, sports, and politics and finds where the lines that separate become blurred. Does anyone disagree that the most interesting part of Valentine's Day is that it marks the anniversary of a massacre involving Al Capone? Of course, some of you will disagree; it was a rhetorical question. But those of you w..read on Great Drinking Songs (Will Neil Young Remember?) "Every phase comes to an end, or else it wouldn't be a phase." I said that. Some people may think that it's a bit conceited to quote oneself, but in this case, I'm going to have to disagree. I just happen to know a good quote when I see (or ..read on Caesar, Bono, And A Crazy Little Thing Called Love Rod Stewart once claimed that, "the first cut is the deepest." Well, I completely disagree with Rod. However, I couldn't remove those lyrics from my head during the dreary days of mid-March. I have a feeling that Julius Caesar, looking down..read on Meet The Stress:The Politics of Nostalgia Before people were fainting at Barack Obama rallies, I was sent to Springfield, Illinois to cover the announcement of his candidacy on a bone-chilling February morning. Pains than come with sub-zero temperatures were replaced by chills of hope as Oba..read on |
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