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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 vote to release Epstein files in stunning reversal: “‘Nothing to hide, ’” written by Zoe...

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...

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...

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: Regarding Emotions

“Carefully shaped words can reshape the lives of people” because they touch the heart, breathe into one’s spiritual nostrils, and inspire the best emotions. In...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Stalin Would Have Been Proud Of New York Magazine

Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, also known as Stalin (“Man of Steel”) brutally ruled the Soviet Union as a monstrous totalitarian dictator from 1924 to 1953....

FRED FIRST: Early February

It has been a while since I offered (or inflicted upon you) a short list of topics with links as a way of sharing...

BOB BROWN: The Significance of Meaning

Years ago, I took a book to read during our family’s traditional vacation at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The little I had...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Is Not Qualified To Lead The Department of Health and Human Services

There is no question that the U.S. has a serious public health crisis compared to such similar industrialized countries as Sweden, Australia, and Japan. According...

RANDY HUFF: Of Laws and Life and Getting Along

“No one is above the law.” We hear it often and we believe it. And yet we know, like all things in this world, it...