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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Trump‘s Decision To Release The Epstein Files Is Overdue

I read an article in the New York Post on November 16 entitled “Trump says House Republicans should vote to release Epstein files in stunning reversal: “‘Nothing to hide, ’” written by Zoe...

ANDY PITZER: Amtrak Trek: Lake Shore Limited/Southwest Chief/Empire Builder

NYC TO CHI: Lakeshore Limited (NY, MA, PA, OH, IN, IL) The first leg of the Amtrak train...

BOB BROWN: The Recent Sale of the Brooklyn Bridge, Part One

The 2025 election results in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and Seattle are troubling to...

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,...

FRED FIRST: Winter is Coming: Make Ready!

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

Ask The Nature Lady: American Mistletoe

I first noticed American Mistletoe one December many years ago while I was jogging.  It was a “ball” of fleshy-looking green leaves about one...

America: A Nation of Givers or Takers?

 During his inaugural address on January 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the following appeal: “And so, my fellow Americans: Ask not...

Sydney Is All It’s Cracked Up to Be and More

The ferry ride to Manley, a town near North Head, takes about twenty-five minutes, and it's a terrific introduction to the massive estuary that...

My First Broken Bone

Years ago, Dad warned me that a tool - any tool – was: A.) Not my friend, B.) Wanted to hurt me, and...

One Bad Earthquake

My intellectual hero is Charles Darwin. A courageous man with a heightened sense of wonder and curiosity about the natural world, Darwin lived from...

France, Farmers and the Fiscal Cliff

Many Chalet owners in France are hurrying to sell their homes and estates before year-end while their owners are moving to Switzerland, Belgium...