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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump’s “Great Gatsby Party” At His Mar-a-Lago Club on October 31 Was In Poor Taste

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is our country’s largest anti-hunger program for men, women, and children. 42 million poor Americans lost their SNAP benefits (f.k.a. food stamps)...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

Though a few poetic souls and tree-hugging types like me will make soft cooing noises...

BOB BROWN: “I don’t see how I can go on like this”

The round, sad Asian American face of the 26-year-old single Soldier sitting uncomfortably in front...

SCOT BELLAVIA: God in the Library

Talking to strangers about God is a muscle I don’t work very often. But I...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Antisemite Zohran Mamdani Will Be An Economic Disaster For New York City – Part IV

As Gabrielle Fahmy wrote in the Post, "in its most recent platform, the group blasts...

Recipe of the Week: Harry Potter Treacle Tart

by Leigh Sackett My son just had a Harry Potter birthday party and since I was a fan of the books long before he...

Cathedral of the Spirit By George Anderson

My wife and I had an opportunity to go to Greece to enjoy a vacation with my daughter, Paige, who lives in Eastern...

“We Have Met the Enemy and They Is Us”

by Hayden Hollingsworth Walt Kelly, on the first Earth Day in 1971, paraphrased Commander Oliver Perry’s message to General William Henry Harrison after the...

Two Pets – Two Perspectives . . .

by Lucky Garvin He has no sense of being less than any other. He is tolerant and urbane; and though we have many animals...

Change Comes Fast To Religion Reporting

by Frances Stebbins A few weeks ago columnist Hayden Hollingsworth reflected on how medical education has changed since he was trained as a cardiologist years...

Recipe of the Week: Grilled Chipotle Orange Chicken Legs

by Leigh Sackett There is still plenty of summer weather left for grilling but the signs of the season’s end are all around us....
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