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By Sam Matlack
Tom Chatfield is a gamer. But maybe unlike most other video game fanatics he also thinks about the effect of video games on our brains. His findings truly intrigue me, but I’m wondering what to make of the speech he gave at TED [...]
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By Sam Matlack
Most people would agree that our public school system needs improvements. But what such changes and their goals should look like is heavily debated. Those goals, of course, depend on what we think the purpose of school is. On this question the arguments fall into one of two camps, generally speaking.
Option [...]
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By Sam Matlack
African singing, storytelling, poetry and the remarkable life-story of Sarian Bouma captivated a small group of Annapolitans last Sunday evening at the Annapolis Bookstore on Maryland Avenue. Seats filled up quickly on the upper deck where Janice Holmes from the bookstore had pushed back her bookshelves to create a [...]
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Whether you’re one of those people who has to have the radio on at work, an audiophile who lives life with a constant soundtrack running through their head or just a casual listener, amidst the sea of MySpace and Facebook bands it can be incredibly difficult to keep up with new bands – nevermind rediscover [...]
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By Sam Matlack
The following piece is the first in a series aimed at addressing the broad issue of American education but more importantly evaluating education here in Anne Arundel County.
When was the last time you asked yourself what the purpose of education is?
Since August 24th, [...]
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Community by Sam Matlack
What is the Annapolis Sound?
We are a community. Yes, the much-used, maybe over-used buzzword defines an important part of who we are. Let me explain.
First of all, we’re simply a group of a certain kind of people. We are inquisitive people who enjoy learning, thinking, talking and asking good [...]
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Last Saturday held a few surprises for me… newsworthy ones, I mean. Well, the fact that I discovered City Dock Coffee’s surprisingly good mango smoothie might be newsworthy, too.
On my way to a restroom on the St. John’s campus in the late morning [...]
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Over the last few weeks, we at The Annapolis Sound have been covering the recent developments in the ongoing Market House Saga. But the story of the Market House goes much further back than the problems of the last two decades – all the way to the late 1600s in fact. The tremendously rich history [...]
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By Sam Matlack
As a writer for The Sound I have a special interest in the mission of TED: “Ideas worth spreading.” TED was started as a nonprofit in 1984 by Chris Anderson’s The Sapling Foundation and dedicated itself to organizing conferences that would host speakers [...]
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By Sam Matlack
Photograph by Alison Harbaugh
Recent conversations at The Sound about our city have triggered a question about city identity: what are the distinct characteristics that make this city what it is? Initial thoughts turned to the Naval [...]
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