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BECKY MAUPIN: Mom Brain Isn’t All in Your Head

The number of times I’ve misplaced my keys and phone is embarrassing. So many times I’ve walked into a room and can’t remember what I needed. Coming up with...

FRED FIRST: Poems, Prayers and Prompts

WHERE WE ARE FROM The answer, when someone asks where you are “from” might be to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Bill Clinton’s Shameful Congratulations Of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani – Part I

Far-left Democratic Socialist and Queens three-term assemblyman, Zohran Mamdani, won the Democratic primary on June 24, possibly...

BOB BROWN: What is Real?

Often, an old song plays in my mind. I cannot identify the situations that bring...

FRED FIRST: Spiders I Have Worn

I see now how often what I chose to write about in my haphazard weekly...

Christmas: Sacred or Sanctimonious?

Although Christmas was just celebrated throughout most of the Christian world on December 25, it hasn’t always been that way. While the Christmas Holiday...

An Invasion of Holiness

I heard this expression recently and for the life of me can't remember where.  As per usual, however, I wrote it down hoping I...

The Scam Scramble

Just when we were all planning to celebrate the holidays by going to see The Interview those humorless North Koreans have spoiled our Christmas...

Memories of an Unsung Leader from the Past

The year 1945 was a banner year in the chronicles of world history. In early January, U.S. troops crossed the Siegfried Line into Belgium....

The Christmas Bike

It looked very familiar, that little green bike, but on the other hand of course it looked like brand new. The apple green paint...

Leaving a Happier Planet

To transform some big ecological crises on the planet, it’s often said that humans need to turn over a new leaf. But old leaves...