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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...

What We Are All Really Hunting

Hunters are dancing around campfires in Virginia. They’re stabbing at the smoke with spears and whooping it up with their buddies. They’re doing a...

From Every Peril in the Air

“O Wind of heaven, by Thy might, save all who dare the eagle’s flight and keep them in Thy watchful care from every peril...

Childhood Is Not A Disease

It seems that with every new year, a new set of “issues” or “disorders” get applied to children.  With the introduction of the most...

The High Cost of Something for Nothing

During a recent evening as my wife and I were having after-supper tea, we stumbled onto a TV channel that featured a program called...

Spin is In, Trust is Out

During a combination campaign and tax subsidized golf trip to California, Mr. Obama took time off to announce funding of $173 million in federal...

Wild Bill’s Sports Roundup!

Well, I knew it might come to this. Admittedly, I've only been invited to The Chief's penthouse suite at corporate headquarters a couple times. But,...