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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...

America Under Obama Losing On All Fronts

September 11 is noteworthy throughout history with important events. Currently, the September 11 date is important because of outrage over the use of chemical...

Are We In A Culture Crisis? – Keith McCurdy

“So, do you think we are in a culture crisis?”  I was recently asked while giving a seminar.  While it may seem obvious that...

Bearing the Barely Bearable

I read this expression in a book entitled “Help, Thanks, Wow - The Three Essential Prayers,” by one of my favorite authors, Anne Lamott.  It struck me...

The Best Laid Plans . . .

In Smith Mountain Lake State Park, there is a nest of Ospreys, and there is a video cam set-up in order that whoever wished...

Special People—Don’t Forget Them

Have you ever considered how many people you come in contact with during a lifetime? It would be in the tens of thousands or...

The Night Visitor

Sometimes I can't sleep so well when Marybeth is away but on this recent cool August night I was sleeping like a baby. It...