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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...

“Magdalenic Faith” by George C. Anderson

In my Easter sermon, I talked about Mary Magdalene and the faith that brought her to the grave even though she thought her...

You’re On, Kid

by Robert Adcox Of the wondrously huge number of phobias, the one which affects me most intensely is public speaking. My fear of being...

“Happy To Be of Use”

by Hayden Hollingsworth In the spring of 2011 I wrote a column entitled, “How to Raise Money for a Good Cause.”  It was about...

Three Stooges Hit the Big Screen

by Nick Thomas What do Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Jim Carrey, and Cher have in common? If you answered “hairy legs,” you’re a knucklehead. Johnny’s...

How Would You Answer The Question, “What Makes A Person Happy And Healthy?”

by Mike Keeler Way back in 1942, researchers at Harvard began intensely studying a cohort of 268 male students, to try to deduce the factors...

The Key To Remembering – Focus!

by Mary Jo Shannon I suppose we all misplace our keys occasionally. Yes, I know the cure – establish a habit, by putting them in...