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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, women, and children. 42 million poor Americans lost their SNAP benefits (f.k.a. food stamps)...

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...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

Skateboarding in the Olden Days

by John Robinson Barry and I, both 12, had hiked the path of the old incline railway straight up Mill Mountain, skateboards hanging from...

Consequences Need to Matter!

by Keith McCurdy Quite often my conversations with parents focus on consequences.  This can be a tricky topic.  There are so many different strategies...

Recipe of the Week: Earth Bound Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs

by Leigh Sackett I  have never tired of seafood . . . Until Wed. July 27th. I was at the beach and my daughter and...

My Charger: Not Just Another Dodge

by Robert Adcox The other day while going through old photographs, I came across a 1971 Dodge Charger I once owned. The car had...

Remind Me Again, in Whom Do We Trust? by Gary Robbins

Put your hand down into your pockets, your purse, or your wallet.  Take out a penny, a nickel, a dime.  And there, engraved...

Good News From The Healing World by Liza Field

by Liza Field There’s good news from far afield, these days — or even close at hand. Researchers are finding that a “new” purple...
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