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BECKY MAUPIN: Still Tired?

“There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” -Jill Churchill When you are exhausted, it is easy to feel like...

BOB BROWN: The Great Unhinging: A Clinical Emergency

We live in an age where the "tranquility of trivia"—a peace bought with endless, unimportant...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part II

According to the New York Post, Duwaji posted seventy times where she “took extreme positions against Israel and its supporters,” according to...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: The First Lady Of New York City Is A Vile Anti-Semite – Part I

I read a despondent article in The New York Post entitled, “Mamdani’s Wife Rama Duwaji Liked Post Calling Oct....

BOB BROWN: Peace of Mind, Part III: The Secure Attachment

In the conclusion of this series, I find myself looking back at a specific decade...

Writing My Own Obituary – Joe Kennedy

Not long ago, I sat down and composed my obituary, a thing that had been on my mind since at least 2009, when...

. . . And a Time to Die

Most are familiar with the passage from that book in the Bible, Ecclesiastes.  It tends to put a lot of things in perspective...

In The Bleak Midwinter

I thought of this song, a Christmas carol from the early 20th century, for two reasons: as of this writing, there is a...

Pet Peeves In The Marketplace

I only shop for myself when the sales are on. I decided long ago that if a garment isn’t in my size, my...

Interior Design Tips from the Museum Professionals

We live in a time when there is an overwhelming abundance of home make-over TV shows, articles, and online blogs about redecorating, redesigning, and...

What’s In A Word?

A "salver" is just a glorified tray. The word comes from the Latin "salvare" which means to save something or to prove something...