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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...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Beware The Ego

A century ago Sigmund Freud turned the world of human behavior on its figurative head.  For millennia much had been said about how the...

DICK BAYNTON: Civil War II

Dennis Prager wrote in the National Review in January that America is engaged in the 2nd Civil War, a remark that would be refuted by...

LUCKY GARVIN: Prayer As Divine Conversation

I do not pray. But wait! Before you kick me out, hear me out. As a child, I was influenced more than I knew as...

HAYDEN HOLLINGSWORTH: Only We Can Do It

Many of us remember the multiple jaw-dropping moments in the run up to the election when candidate Trump announced that, “Only I can do...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: Forgotten Farmsteads

The rock piles are the first things I notice that tell me I'm in the vicinity of an old farmstead. They're made of stones...

JEFF ELL: Sometimes The Best Way to Find Something Is to Stop Looking For It

Every time I find a shed I do a happy dance. I’m glad no one sees me, because I’m not a very good dancer....