05.28.2016 Columns Parpan Column: It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … toddler? He’s slower than a tortoise, scrawnier than a Williamsburg hipster and, even if he tried to leap a tall building in a single bound, his feet would barely...
05.07.2016 Columns Column: A seat at the ‘Ugly American’ table in Canada It was an innocent question, I suppose, that I should have expected from someone in another country. Still, I was taken aback two weeks ago when I overheard the...
04.02.2016 Columns Column: When local news becomes all-consuming Last week’s terrorist attacks in Brussels instantly became the lead story in newsrooms around the globe. The bombings — the deadliest in Belgium’s history — rightfully dominated the headlines...
03.05.2016 Columns Parpan Column: A ‘Spotlight’ on a story that needs to be told There’s a scene late in the Academy Award-winning film “Spotlight” in which a reporter visits a courthouse to secure a document sure to break open The Boston Globe’s investigation...
02.27.2016 Columns Parpan Column: We’re living in a gofundeverybody world GoFundMe describes itself as the world’s number one personal fundraising site, with over $2 billion raised in its first five years in business. It’s a crowdfunding source that has...
02.20.2016 Columns Parpan Column: Where have the last 10 years gone? I was speaking with students in Aquebogue Elementary School teacher Bob Shilling’s fourth-grade class last week when one boy asked how long I’ve been with the paper.
01.30.2016 Columns Column: So, what happened to all those electric cars? The documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. The film, which received multiple award nominations and was widely watched, explores the demise...
01.13.2016 Columns Column: I’ll never win the Powerball, but my dad nearly did I saw my dad for the first time after he narrowly missed winning a $200 million Powerball lottery on the day before my sister’s wedding.