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By Andy Humm
NYC Plus presents a monthly round-up of news and events that have the greatest impact our lives.
OPED
"Voting as if Our Lives Depended on It"
By Deborah Emin
If politicians lack the necessary empathy to understand how we live, what is the use of voting?
EYE ON ART
"Botero"
By Jerry Tallmer
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. "Angry and upset," says Fernando Botero. "The exact date I don't remember. Early 2004 I guess."
BOOKS
"Abide with Me"
By Nan Goldberg
There is nothing that Elizabeth Strout cannot write beautifully about, whether it is the brutal cold of Maine winters or the inchoate longings of a troubled child.
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In This Issue
"Confessions of a Sugar Mama"
By Mildred Moss
The trip was a test. After three husbands and four divorces, I had to find out if I could travel in Mexico alone.
ACTIVISM
"Go, Granny, Go!"
By Trudy Whitman
Little old ladies in New York fight to end the war in Iraq.
MEMORIES
"Adventures at Fort Hamilton"
By Doug Rigg
Thoughts of Iraq lead to memories of narrowly escaping the jaws of Vietnam at a 1970 pre-induction physical.
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LOVE STORY
"By Dexter Jeffries
This is pathetic but true: The longest running relationship I've ever had with a woman who is not my mother has been with my therapist.
TRAVEL
"Not Beachy"
By Janis Turk
A wary wanderer finds Florida to be more than the sum of its beaches.
LANGUAGE
"The Tyranny of Words"
By Deborah Emin
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was the first truly political writer I discovered. George Saunders is another whose work I suggest we pay close attention to today.
DINING AND DATING
"Time to Meet that Virtual Stranger — but Where?"
By Marcia G. Yerman
Here, at a variety of price points, are several locations that may prove as memorable as your rendezvous, if not more so.