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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 me, a student of the human mind. The election of “democratic socialists,” and the...

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...

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...

Getting the News

by Hayden Hollingsworth It comes as no surprise that newspapers are struggling to survive, or even if they should.  As has been pointed in...

Them’s Fightin’ Words

by Robert Adcox Yesterday evening I was on YouTube chasing down rumors of an engine explosion (How many opportunities do you get to see...

Ask the Nature Lady by Marlene A. Condon

I really like how “friendly” dragonflies seem to be.  These creatures are not as easily frightened by humans as are most large—and therefore...

Thoughts on “Bagger Vance”

by Lucky Garvin It is my delusion, my compulsion, or somewhere in my software that I believe in angels; that’s why I loved the...

English Soccer Is Hard On The Brain

byMike Keeler Americans are increasingly fascinated by that other version of "football," from the other side of The Pond. But it can get a...

The Toilet Sloop’s Farewell Voyage

by John Robinson It was made of maroon-colored, stiff plastic. The hull was about four inches long, and another piece of the same stuff...