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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...

The Trackless Mystery of Love

by Lucky Garvin In the world of kittens, as in all other worlds, there is sorrow and joy, delight and tragedy. Kittens come packaged...

A River (of Disgrace) Runs Through It

by H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D. What will cost $7 billion; will snake across the country from Alberta to the Gulf Coast, carrying 700,000 barrels...

The Calm, Cool and Somewhat Collected Steelers Fan

by Robert Adcox This evening, I was reminiscing about my first trip to Pittsburgh, Pa. in September 1999  to see the Steelers play the...

348 Days, 17 Hours, 59 Minutes, 59 Seconds. 58…57…56…

by Mike Keeler Dude, welcome to 2012, and the end of the world. The proof is, like, undeniable. During the construction of a highway in...

The He, The She, and The We By Gary Robbins

In the 1980s, Robert A. Johnson wrote a trio of books with deceptively simple titles.  The three books were titled “He,” “She,” and...

A Father’s Diary: Understanding My Son

by Lucky Garvin Cailan didn't want to go to school.  I knew it the moment I roused him from sleep the other morning and...
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