Children of Howdy Doody... 60 Years On | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust May 26, 2016 Growing up in what we considered "Beautiful Brooklyn" in the 50s and 60s, who would wish to live anywhere else? We had tree-lin ...

Jackie and Me: A Brooklyn Thing | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Nov. 21, 2015 We have memories, like flashes of lightning from afar -- now we see them, now we don't. Yet, one can almost call upon them at ...

'Truth is outside of all patterns' | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. The Activist Tao of Bruce Lee Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 19, 2015 Teacher: What is the highest technique you hope to achieve? Lee: To have no technique. I’ve been know ...

TOON: FIFA Gets A Red Card | Gregory Crawford

Gregory Crawford -- World News Trust May 28, 2015 "FIFA gets a red card." Editorial cartoon by Gregory Crawford. © 2015 World News Trust. "FIFA Gets A Red Card" by Gregory Crawford is licensed under ...

The 99 Yarder -- A Brooklyn Story Circa 1970 | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust April 30, 2015 The skinny-legged wide receiver with 4.7 speed* (fast for a white guy in 1970) was running like "a thief from a grocery store ...

Biggest Fight Ever? Jack Johnson, Not “Money” Mayweather | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust April 27, 2015 While the Society of the Spectacle gears up for the “biggest fight of all time,” featuring renowned domestic abuser and misogynist ...

The Fault Dear Brutus... | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust March 16, 2015 This March 19th will commemorate the 12th anniversary of the most heinous act committed in recent history by my country's gov ...

The Fix is In!! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. FarruggioPhilip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust Jan. 12, 2015 Sports have always been a keen reflection of the greater culture of our times. The Roman Empire was a devouring beast that ate ...

Media Pile On: Don Sterling Yes, the Empire NO! | Philip A. Farruggio

Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust April 30, 2014 Let me preface these new thoughts by stating that what another billionaire says or does because he feels "above the rest of we serfs" is never s ...

The (Olympic) Games People Play | Mickey Z.

Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust July 25, 2012. "What does the billboard say?/Come and play, Come and play/Forget about the movement." --Zack de la Rocha The Great Distraction Ma ...

Welcome To Happy Valley: Occupy Penn State,(Carolyn Baker)

Nov. 17, 2011 (CarolynBaker.net) -- State College, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University, is ensconsed in a somewhat bucolic region of the commonwealth called Happy Valley. The name exquisitely ...