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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...

When Kids Cause Your Face To Turn Red

by Mary Jo Shannon All parents, I suppose, at one time or another experience embarrassment due to words or actions of tactless offspring. I...

The Red Shirt of Courage

by Jon Kaufman All over this great land of ours college baseball teams of all levels are battling their opponents for the supremacy of...

Oh, For The Sake Of A Little Self-Esteem

by Keith McCurdy Have you ever done an internet search on self-esteem?  I just did and wow, I think satellites are still linking up...

How Good Words Go Bad

by Mike Keeler Start with a perfectly good word.  Take, for example, "cacher," which comes from the Latin "coactare - to constrain" and which...

Grilled Meats and Vegetables Over Saffron Orzo

by Leigh Sackett I get overzealous about a lot of things! But one thing at the top of my overzealous list is … SPRING!!! As...

The Sound of One Hand Typing

by Fred First I’ve been around the writer’s block a time or two. Pretty much every early morning for some years now, I’ve plopped...