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DAWN CUSTALOW: Pocahontas Reframed and Thanksgiving

I just returned from the 9th annual Pocahontas Reframed film festival 2025 in Richmond, VA, which is held right before Thanksgiving each year. The festival reframes Native American life...

SCOTT DREYER: “Forgive Me When I Whine”

This poem, of unclear authorship, reportedly comes from the dark Great Depression days of the...

BOB BROWN: Recent Sale of Brooklyn Bridge, Part Two

In 2025, America’s fertility rate reaches a historic low, while Muslim and Arab communities maintain...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump‘s Decision To Release The Epstein Files Is Overdue

I read an article in the New York Post on November 16 entitled “Trump says House Republicans should...

ANDY PITZER: Amtrak Trek: Lake Shore Limited/Southwest Chief/Empire Builder

NYC TO CHI: Lakeshore Limited (NY, MA, PA, OH, IN, IL) The first leg of the Amtrak train...

STUART REVERCOMB: Sensationalistic Media?

No – of course not – they are doing everything they can to help the people they serve understand the true nature of what...

MIKE KEELER: Indiana – The Great State of Confusion

As we begin Daylight Savings, we've got to ask, "Hey Indiana, what time is it?" In 1916, facing energy shortages during World War 1, Germany...

DICK BAYNTON: Healthcare U.S.A.

The total cost of healthcare in the US was about 18% of GDP in 2019; with Gross Domestic Product around $21 trillion, healthcare costs...

As Long As We’re Looking At Dog Pictures . . .

Shortly after publishing last week’s missive I came across this picture of the small Hound mix that wandered in out of the wilderness to...

Tax Season Is Stress Season For Many

While 56 percent of respondents look forward to tax season, 46 percent admit that filing taxes is stressful. Do you file taxes early? Yes (67...

DICK BAYNTON: Life and Death In Idlib Province, Syria

Syria, about the size of North Dakota with a population of about 17 million people has been in deadly turmoil since late January 2011...