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Nelson’s Corner | October 2024

October 25, 2024 14 0 Steve Nelson

The swimming pool “promise” is attributed to Andrew Moore, a candidate for mayor of Erie. The under-recognized truth is that neither Moore nor Hoover has or had the power to deliver chickens or pools, even if they wished to do…

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Nelson’s Corner | September 2024

October 1, 2024 1 0 Steve Nelson

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Nelson’s Corner | August 2024

August 28, 2024 Like 0 Steve Nelson

E-bikes, and technology generally, are going to be the ruin of us. Full disclosures: I have a lifelong love affair with bicycles and I am writing this on a MacBook Air. The bicycle is among humankind’s most elegant inventions. Having…

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Nelson’s Corner | July 2024

July 31, 2024 Like 0 Steve Nelson

A most remarkable statistic: My high school, grades 10-12, had 3,200 students. Not a single one was gay, lesbian or trans. What on earth has happened? It is not that no one was suspected. It was rumored that Sharon was…

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Nelson’s Corner | May 2024

June 15, 2024 Like 0 Steve Nelson

It is often useful to step back from the trees and take a gander at the forest. In April, the latest inquisition by the Republican House featured the cowering performance of Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik. She and her…

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Nelson’s Corner | April 2024

May 6, 2024 Like 0 Steve Nelson

As I begin my tenure in the Corner, I offer a few thoughts on the craft we practice in these pages. Journalism is a threatened species. The primacy of social media marginalizes and handicaps real journalists as objective reporting offers…