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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...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Little Red Volkswagen Bug

It was a 1956 model and one of the first Volkswagens in Roanoke, or so the legend goes. It had been acquired by Garland's...

DICK BAYNTON: The Corruption of Disruption

Every citizen taxpayer should be enraged at what is going on behind the scenes today in the torrid world of political and cultural nightmares....

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Predicting is Tricky Business

I have assiduously avoided the topic of global warming and climate change. That’s not because of disinterest but due to the lack of clarity...

DICK BAYNTON: Shifting Alliances

When the Japanese Navy bombed and strafed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, almost 76 years ago the Empire of Japan became our mortal...

LUCKY GARVIN – The Woman That Time Forgot

Years ago, one of the best dance teams in America was Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. They moved as one across the floor; yet,...

HAYDEN HOLINGSWORTH: Does Respect Matter?

Rodney Dangerfield always opened his comedy act with the comment, “I don’t get no respect.”  His riff would continue pointing out the myriad of...