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 […]
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Teetering on the edge
By Dom Cioffi I first sensed that something was awry with the gentleman standing next to me when I noticed that the conversation he was having was completely one-sided. I had just run into a local coffee shop to grab a […]
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Life in the fast lane
By Dom Cioffi I am a self-admitted news junkie. I’m not sure why. It could be due to over two decades of work in the newspaper and television industries. Or it could be just an innate desire to be knowledgeable […]
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The gift that keeps on giving
By Dom Cioffi I just may be the luckiest man in the world… It started out as a normal Saturday morning with some fresh coffee, the morning news, a little Internet browsing and a quick peruse through my email. I […]
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One in a million
By Dom Cioffi Every now and then you run across a life story that seems too incredible, too improbable, and too inconceivable to actually be true. The story of Arnel Pineda is a perfect example. Born in the lower class […]
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Going rogue
By Dom Cioffi Forty years ago this summer, on a Friday night in June, Universal Pictures released the film “Jaws” to curious audiences across the country. Within days it would become a monumental hit and a cultural phenomenon. The film […]