By Dom Cioffi After the devastation and destruction of World War II, Europe had to rebuild both its economy and its infrastructure. This rebuilding would take time, resources and an immense amount of creativity given the task at hand. One […]
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Beautiful loser
By Dom Cioffi I received two premiere tickets to see an NFL game this past weekend. They were given to me free of charge along with an incredibly convenient parking pass located right next to the stadium. The plan was […]
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Movie Diary: Tearing down the wall
By Dom Cioffi Günther Schabowski has died. While that news will undoubtedly leave most Americans wrestling with questions of why they should even care, for millions of people in Germany, he represents an epic paradigm shift in their history. East Germany (as you’ll […]
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The Iceman cometh
By Dom Cioffi This is the time of year when the outside temperatures begin to drop to uncomfortable levels, meaning extra care must be taken so life doesn’t get too distressing. Anytime the thermometer settles below the 32-degree mark, you […]
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Bridge over troubled water
By Dom Cioffi I started my to-do list days early because I knew Saturday was going to be my first weekend in months where I had no plans. I wasn’t traveling, my son didn’t have a game, and there were […]
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Steady as she goes
By Dom Cioffi Several months ago, after finding my son and his two friends indoors playing video games, I demanded that they exit the house. It was a beautiful summer day and they were wasting it staring into a television […]
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Into the great wide open
By Dom Cioffi I sidled up to the bar and ordered the cheapest draft beer available. After all, I was a college student on a very strict budget. The $15 I had in my pocket had to last me all […]
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Carry on my wayward son
By Dom Cioffi On Feb. 11, 2013, in speech before the most important cardinals in the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI stunned the world by becoming the first pontiff to resign the papal leadership position in nearly 600 years. There […]
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Winning at all costs
By Dom Cioffi He was always going to be an athlete . . . Since the day my son was born, I’ve made sure that he was involved in sports. I didn’t do this because of my ego or because I have […]
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The end is near
By Dom Cioffi Are you ready? Well, you better be because the world is about to end. I’m not joking. An asteroid is headed toward the earth and on Sept. 28 it is going to impact our planet, destroying infrastructure on an epic […]