People gamble at the slot machines at Circus Circus in Reno, Nevada, July 2012. (Wikimedia Commons/DowntownGal)
What do you think is the leading threat to America s moral fabric? Child abuse, laziness, ego mania, racism, poverty, greed, atheism? My pick is perhaps less obvious, a subtle but growing force that imperils souls and kindles greed: gambling.
That obsession has grown tenaciously, often covertly, into a force that helps instill a strain of individualism without empathy, a strain of self-seeking that can be seen as a component in a drift toward self-seeking cited by social and political analysts as a major cause of our country s political bickering and hostility to legislation aimed at reducing the rich-poor gap and improving justice and social welfare of the less fortunate.
Neli Casares-Maher’s mom had cancer twice. Softball helped her through it.
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Neli Casares-Maher leads Syracuse in 10 offensive categories. She steps up to the plate in honor of her mother who beat cancer twice.
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At 5 years old, Neli Casares-Maher often begged her parents to let her play ball at her local park. They played catch, hit grounders and shagged each ball she crushed into the outfield. But Casares-Maher was disappointed that those same types of plays weren’t replicated in her coed tee-ball league.
“When do we get to play real baseball?” Casares-Maher would ask her mother, Sharon. She wanted to play for something more hitting off the tee wasn’t enough for someone with her skillset.
Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leads the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter s Square at the Vatican Feb. 28, 2021. In his Angelus address, he encouraged people to read the Gospel during Lent and fast from gossip. (CNS/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis shows an enigmatic side when dealing with the hot-button issues of sexuality and gender. He is at once the soul of compassion for many church dissidents and an unbending keeper of Catholic law, an open mind on solving human and earthly crises whose reform instincts stop at formal Catholic teaching.
The seeming paradox captured world attention early in Francis papacy when he responded to a reporter s question about homosexual activity, considered immoral by Catholic doctrine. Who am I to judge? he famously said. It was at once hailed by some as a re-definition of church ethics and seen by others as a way of saying that he wasn t taking a position on gay activity because the previous popes
What to expect when filing your 2020 taxes If you haven’t received your stimulus money yet, now is the time to claim it.
TAX DAY By Joanna Guzman | February 12, 2021 at 7:59 PM MST - Updated February 12 at 7:59 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - With the IRS expecting more than 160 million Individual Tax Returns this year, they’re urging taxpayers to file electronically for faster returns as they’re experiencing paper-related processing delays caused by the pandemic.
“An issue this year will be how the IRS manages to handle all the tax returns, plus issuing all those recovery rebates and stimulus checks,” said Ken Briggs.
Local CD release for January, February
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Well, we’re a little over a month into 2021 and not a whole heckuva lot has changed. COVID is still running wild, the federal government is a hot mess and it’s cold outside. But on the bright side, there’s a bunch of outstanding new tunes from local artists circulating out there. Here’s four recent and upcoming releases worth your attention.
“Silver Lining” by Near Dark
The Near Dark story is one of turning the proverbial lemons into lemonade. The Northeast punk scene is a vibrant one; you have to look no further than the amount of split EPs and joint projects released in 2020. The pandemic and the subsequent inability to play shows has made it harder to to network and collaborate. But Near Dark figured out a way to work together remotely, balancing a band that has a lead singer in California, a bassist in western Massachusetts and the remainder of the five-piece living in Albany. Released