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BOB BROWN: The Recent Sale of the Brooklyn Bridge, Part One

The 2025 election results in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Seattle are troubling to me, a student of the human mind. The election of “democratic socialists,” and the...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men,...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

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...

MIKE KEELER: All We Need Are 5 “KBC” Golden Egg Knobs

For this, the penultimate email about the Asa Hunt House renovation, we present an installment of, "You Can't Make This Up." The renovation that predated...

BARBARA LEACH: Spotlight on Winter Jasmine

At the Master Gardener Help Desk we have received quite a few calls about the crazy forsythia blooming early.  While it HAS been a...

DENNIS GARVIN: Empress Pelosi Explained

I must confess to some confusion about the behavior of Nancy Pelosi in her role as Speaker of the House, essentially the Majority leader...

SAMANTHA SNELLINGS: Sick Children Trade in Hospital Visits for Princesses

Hannah Pieper locks herself in the McDonald’s bathroom, staring at her reflection in the mirror and adjusting the purple wig on her head until...

STUART REVERCOMB: Every Dog Has His Day

Sometimes a picture really does speak a thousand words – and then some. Such is the one posted with this column taken by my...