Ironic Hopes: Is the Lottery Ever a Smart Bet?

Written by Josh Rogers on February 16, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Opinion Our Town, Opinion West Side Spirit, Our Town, West Side Spirit

I like to gamble from time to time, but I used to be one of those people who never played the lottery. The odds are too steep, and I would often tease friends and family about it. In my old office, people would collect money to buy tickets when the jackpot got big. When someone
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Sound Heart but Giant Headaches about the Super Bowl

Written by Our Town on January 25, 2012. Posted in Opinion and Column, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Fingers crossed Big Blue will repeat Patriot win By Josh Rogers My head says the Giants won’t win the Super Bowl this Sunday. It’s not that I’m one of those doom and gloom Giants fans, although admittedly I was raised by one. No matter how bleak things look at the beginning of the season, I
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Is 6 the Charm for WTC Arts Center?

Written by NY Press on January 18, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

By josh rogers The idea of a cultural building at the World Trade Center has at times been likened to a forgotten orphan, but the idea inched further away from fantasy and closer to reality last week when it unofficially got something its WTC brothers and sisters have always had: an address
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Talk of Occupy Pets and Politics Outside Zuccotti Park

Written by Josh Rogers on January 4, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

Occupy Wall Street rang in 2012 with a hard bang, and the movement was still feeling the hangover two days later. Zuccotti Park remained closed Jan. 2, after nearly 70 protesters were arrested New Year’s Eve. Less than a half-dozen people were standing outside the barricades, collecting donations and conversing with well-wishers on Monday afternoon,
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