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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...

I Can See Clearly Now

by Robert Adcox You know that clear plastic film that covers new electronic gadgets? I'm talking about that stuff we're supposed to peel off...

A Perspective on Motherhood

by Stephanie Koehler Last month I turned 21 for the second time.  You can do the math. Judging from the horror stories I had heard...

Anonymous Angels

by Lucky Garvin The Unnoticed Angel There is a reason things happen; and often those things also have a purpose. Her face was too broad to...

Love is Not Spelled “Cupid” by Mark Graham

My wife will insist I’m taking this view simply as an excuse not to indulge her in chocolates, cards, and other gifts. She’s...

Raymond Berry- One of Life’s MVP’s

by Joe Kennedy For me, one of the peak moments of the recent NFL Super Bowl occurred after the game when a lean, brown-haired...

Ask the Nature Lady: Wildlife “Break-ins”

by Marlene Condon People often write to ask me about critters getting into their homes.  The problem is usually that animals are being attracted...