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Expressway: Where ideas intersect

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Expressway is a new, weekly feature publishing readers' original, nonfiction opinion essays about daily life on Long Island or about the news of the day and how it affects their lives. All readers are invited to submit essays, and we especially welcome submissions from high school and college students. Send submissions of 300 to 600 words to oped@newsday.com, with "Expressway" in the subject line. Or mail submissions to Expressway / Opinion Dept., Newsday, 235 Pinelawn Rd., Melville, NY 11747. Please include your name and phone number.

May 10, 2008

Expressway: Always mother's little baby

It was the most innocent of moments, and it was over in a heartbeat. I don't remember where I was - probably on the front lawn, distracted - and all of a sudden, I found my little boy standing at my feet, hand outstretched, very proudly holding a wilted dandelion. "Here," he said. "For you, Mom." And then he scurried off as quickly as he had appeared, hunting for more.

May 10, 2008

Expressway: A messy Mother's Day

I hate Mother's Day. The intent is nice: Give Mom her due, blah, blah, blah ... In reality, the sight of my family bickering while attempting to make up for an entire year of allowing me to single-handedly run the cooking-cleaning-organizing-scheduling circus makes me want to pull my hair out one strand at a time.

May 3, 2008

Expressway: Muslim stereotypes hurt us, one and all

In today's mixing world, with interracial couples becoming commonplace and Barack Obama having a shot at the presidency, it might seem silly to say that race is a problem in the United States. Still, people are exposed to racial stereotypes every day.

April 26, 2008

Expressway: Taking a swing at golf

If Long Island had its own license plate it would read, "Land of a Thousand Golf Courses."

April 19, 2008

Expressway: New York baseball, in your dreams

A lot has changed in baseball today. Joe Torre's in Los Angeles, Joe Girardi's back in pinstripes, and both Shea and Yankee stadiums are coming down. For added shock, it's been 50 years since the Dodgers broke every heart in Brooklyn by moving away.