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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...

DICK BAYNTON: Angels Among Us

Occasionally, this column features the biography of what might be considered a charismatic person.  This week, it’s a married couple. She is Carole and...

MIKE KEELER: The Fall of The Great Mosque of al-Nuri

This is about how a symbol rises, tilts, and suddenly falls. It starts with a man with the epic name of Nur ad-Din Abu al-Qasim...

LUCKY GARVIN: Farewell My Friend

It’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Sabrina and I call this numbering a ‘Snout count.’ Every time our six rescue dobies go outside or...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: The Importance of Silence

Is anyone else tired of television news?  You cannot turn on a cable news channel without being assaulted with “new” information.  The anchor person,...

DICK BAYNTON: The Mathematics of Mismanagement

The United States and its citizens have incurred national debt that is almost $20 trillion. That’s $61,500 each of us owes to holders of...

BARBARA LEACH: Nuisance Critters In The Garden

What is with the rabbits?  Is it me, or are they breeding like, well, rabbits?  Calls are coming in about what seems like an...