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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...

Directionless Dad Knew What Was Important

This is a bitter-sweet time of the year for me.  Spending Father's Day with son Will and my wife Janet is an annual...

Recipe of the Week: Grilled Surf-and-Turf with Spicy Garlic-Shallot Butter

Most father’s would agree you can’t easily beat this Father’s Day meal. And ladies your dad and husband will be real impressed with...

Fathers: Looking Back . . . Looking Forward

I remember the TV newsman, David Brinkley, once commented on the qualifications of a particular political candidate: “He says he’s a tax payer...

“And The Darkness Did Not Overcome It . . .”

John Will Creasy, a local artist missed by many, designed a specialized and symbolic cross for his church many years ago.  Overlapping the...

A Subterranean Invasion – Groundhogs!

As early as 1674 settlers in Virginia became acquainted with this burrowing rodent. Attempting to spell its Indian name, they joined two English...

Things Happen . . .

You remember the tag line from the old movie “Jaws?”  Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water ....