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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...

Natural Organization

In times when it seems the entire world is in a state of chaos it’s helpful to look at Mother Nature. Like all good...

Entrust Your Retirement to ……Yourself!

If we are responsible for our own subsistence, doesn’t that imply that the obligation continues throughout our working years and retirement? No government agency or...

Running With The Bears

No, this isn't the Blue Ridge Mountain version of Pamplona, but still . . . I can't help it. I'm an incurable trail runner and...

The Magic Trout Fountain

Every year the state of Virginia stocks more that 1.2 million catchable size trout into 180 streams and lakes. According the Virginia Department of Game...

Even A Turkey Can Fly In A Hurricane

I heard this expression for the first time in a business development class I'm taking at my real estate company and cracked up as...

Unrecognized Medical Costs

Could it possibly be that anyone does not believe that the cost of medical care in the United States is totally out of control? ...