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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest Is An Ode To Gluttony

Joey Chestnut, 41, who is 6’1”, surprisingly only 230 pounds, and a personification of gluttony, won the Nathan‘s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest, which was located at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New...

BOB BROWN: Lost and Found

All of us encounter loss. The meaning we attribute to loss influences our response to...

FRED FIRST: Where You’re From

In the very early years of writing, I was exposed to a poem called “Where...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: I No Longer Watch Baltimore Orioles’ Baseball Games

I no longer watch Baltimore Orioles’ baseball games. I now only watch innings, and if I...

ANDY PITZER: “Look Mom! No iPhone!”

A very interesting visually recorded interview showed up on my feed the other night. In...

JOY SYLVESTER JOHNSON: What Will The Church Keep / Throw Away This Time?

In light of recent political and ecclesiastical events, I have been thinking (again) about Phyllis Tickle's thesis that the church traditionally has a giant...

DICK BAYNTON: Labor Day 2017

The first Labor Day was celebrated in New York City on the first Monday in September (5th) 1882. According to historical records, the person...

Dick Baynton: Fairness and Equality

What does fair mean? How can the word equality be defined? The answer to these questions is certain: the definition of ‘fairness’ and ‘equality’...

CAROLINE WATKINS: Angels Unawares

Inspired by a Bruce Hornsby concert recently, I was planning to write about how music has the power to transport us. Hearing some of...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Great Flood of 1985

The disaster in Texas, particularly in Houston, is almost beyond imagining.  As flat as the landscape is the reach of an airborne lake is...

LIZA FIELD: Getting Back Home

How was your summer getaway? “Trip from hell,” my neighbors reported.   They’d headed west to escape the mugginess, traffic, politics and heat of our Eastern states,...
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