With NYC Bike Share Coming, Here's What to Do to Avoid Winding Up Under An 18-Wheeler
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 5 days ago
Last year, I wrote about my fears for the NYC bike share program. Now, as an avid cyclist, here are my tips for avoiding injuries and death on the streets of NYC.
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Startups, Kickstarter, and the Price of Bullshit (That You Paid For!)
Stephen Robert Morse in Media & Tech 4 weeks ago
The long-form science journalism site Matter was "acquired" by Medium last week. And you paid for it!
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My Hometown's Recovery From Sandy Has Been Lackluster, And Could Have Been Better
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 5 months ago
When disaster struck, Oceanside, where I grew up, had few resources to rely on. The Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York State, and FEMA were useless.
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To the NYC Taxi Driver Who Hit Me, You Won't Get Away! I Got Your Plate, 5Y61B.
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 5 months ago
To the taxi driver who hit me, you picked the wrong guy. I have reported you, and will be testifying against you.
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Sandy Hook Shooting: How the Media Screwed Up the Reporting of This Tragedy
Stephen Robert Morse in Media & Tech 5 months ago
In the quest to report the news first, rather than to report the news best, the media have failed.
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Black Friday: America at Its Worst, and Why the 47% Need to Reconsider Their Priorities
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 6 months ago
Do not get me started on the concept of Black Friday, because it is, for lack of a better word, puke-worthy. Yes, I'm talking to YOU, the 47% of Americans who participate in this annual fiasco.
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Guy Fieri Times Square Restaurant Review: Here Is The Grade I Give It After I Tried It Myself
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 6 months ago
The restaurant was mediocrity at its finest, but not nearly as bad as the New York Times' Pete Wells would have made it seem.
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29 Things I Learned in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 6 months ago
A mix of the serious, the funny, and the weird.
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Top 8 Donald Trump Tweets in the Minutes After President Obama Won A Second Term
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 6 months ago
Donald Trump is a whiny little bit*h.
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Sheldon Adelson Gave 70 Mil to Romney Campaign: Shady Super PAC Donor Loses Big
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 6 months ago
Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson donated over $70 million to Mitt Romney's campaign. He should have just bought himself a private island instead.
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Black Panther Voter Intimidation Story by Fox News is Totally Fabricated (I Filmed the Video!)
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 6 months ago
Fox News is obsessed with the Black Panthers story that I broke four years ago.
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NYC Marathon Cancelled: Why We Had to Protest the Bloomberg Decision to Hold the Race
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 7 months ago
We are all shocked by Mayor Bloomberg's decision to hold the marathon as people suffer nearby, but it's not too late for us to rise up as citizens to stop it!
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Hurricane Sandy Damage: Long Island Suffering Without Aid, Local Leadership to Blame
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 7 months ago
The South Shore of Long Island has been devastated. Flooding, food shortages, and looting threaten the borough, yet all of the mainstream media coverage is on New Jersey.
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How 21% of Americans Will Hold Election 2012 Hostage to Partisan Tools and Fools
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 7 months ago
Because the Electoral College doesn't reflect the popular vote, this antiquated system makes it such that 79% of us don't matter at all in the upcoming presidential election.
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Bob Dylan of Detroit Sixto Rodriguez Should Be Honored By Kennedy Center
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 9 months ago
There is one amazing person and musician whose recognition on the national stage is long overdue, and that is Sixto Rodriguez.
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The New York City War on Tennis: Mayor Bloomberg Bans Smoking and Sodas, But Taxes Those Who Want to Stay Fit
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 9 months ago
NYC Mayor Bloomberg's stealth tax hike on the city's tennis players.
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US Green Cards Given to Wealthy and Unaccomplished Foreigners, an Unethical Scam
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 9 months ago
Young, unaccomplished writers of priveleged backgrounds who already manipulated the United States immigration system should be deported from the United States.
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Sheldon Adelson is Buying the 2012 Election, But He Bought Young Jews a Long Time Ago
Stephen Robert Morse in World 9 months ago
Sheldon Adelson funded my free trip to Israel through Birthright. Now he's near-single handedly pulling the strings for Romney's disastrous foreign policy. Was it ethical to take his dirty money?
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Citi Bike Share Program In NYC Will Bring Total Carnage
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 9 months ago
Motor vehicles were responsible for 7,000 pedestrian/cyclist injuries and 79 deaths in the first 6 months of 2012. Citi Bikes Won't Improve the Situation.
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Dear Mayor Bloomberg: Let New Yorkers Drink Beer in Public Parks
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 9 months ago
Until New Yorkers can drink alcohol in parks, and until the NYPD reveals statistics related to petty park-related offenses, New Yorkers will never be free.
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A Modest Proposal to Stop Tipping Bartenders
Stephen Robert Morse in Culture 10 months ago
Why not encourage entrepreneurs to disrupt the bar scene dominated by the overpaid few?
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32 Mantras to Live by Post College
Stephen Robert Morse in Millennials 10 months ago
The most valuable things I've learned in my 20s.
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Startup Act 2.0 Will Make Sure the Next Google is Made in America
Stephen Robert Morse in Business 12 months ago
The proposed Startup Act 2.0 Act puts America on the right path to attracting top entrepreneurs and talent to create businesses in America.
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Dharun Ravi's 30-Day Sentence is Appropriate in Tyler Clementi Webcam Case
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 12 months ago
Today, Dharun Ravi was sentenced to 30-days in jail after the trial over the Tyler Clementi Rutgers webcam case.
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Why I Should Be the Next American Ambassador to Denmark, Even Though I Didn't Give Obama $500K
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 1 year ago
Even though "bundlers" are able to show their loyalty to the president, ambassadors shouldn't be a bunch of wealthy political insiders, because they will not be able to encourage collaboration.
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Hilary Rosen is Right to Call Out Ann Romney in Mommy Wars
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 1 year ago
Why is Hilary Rosen being skewered from both the left and the right for stating the truth, that it is more difficult to work a paying job in addition to carrying out domestic duties?
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Is There a Start-Up Accelerator Bubble in Today's Business World?
Stephen Robert Morse in Media & Tech 1 year ago
One must think about Facebook, YouTube, Groupon and countless other uber-scalable companies that weren't working within any set of rules at a seed accelerator when they launched.
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Rick Santorum: Unseen footage released from Rick Santorum's 2006 Senate campaign defeat
Stephen Robert Morse in Politics 1 year ago
New documentary, Ain't Easy Being Green, features Rick Santorum in his 2006 Senate Campaign defeat.
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Non-Profit Newspapers Hurt Journalism
Stephen Robert Morse in Media & Tech 1 year ago
In Texas, a new donor-funded newspaper is having a negative impact on journalism.
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In Tyler Clementi Case, Rutgers Student Dharun Ravi Should Have Been Found Not Guilty
Stephen Robert Morse in Millennials 1 year ago
Sympathy For the Devil: Ravi should be found not guilty of all charges against him. He has been made a scapegoat for reacting in a way that many 18-year-olds would have done in his situation.
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