By Bob Gaydos
In a skeptical world, Derek Jeter provides some welcome evidence that doing the right thing really does pay off, and he’s been doing it his whole life.

By Jeffrey Page
The convergence of Jeter and Lopez was not the meeting of one hero and one common man but of two men of equal grace.

By Jason Poggioli

Google starts to compete in the social networking game with Google+.

By Michael Kaufman
An email message from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. evokes thoughts of Walt Whitman’s love of nature and appreciation of our American democracy.

By Shawn Dell Joyce
It’s hard to accept the death of someone you love, especially when it happens unexpectedly. Joe Devine was loved by many and held a deep love for Montgomery as well.

People lighted the flame in me again, and I am grateful.

By Bob Gaydos
The media rush to convict influenced prosecutors and the public in two high-profile cases.

By Jeffrey Page
It might be Rickey’s biography, but I realized I was more interested in another telling of the Robinson story.

By Jo Galante Cicale
Some pols keep promising to reduce our taxes. That’s not going to happen in this lifetime.

With distance and time, I saw that my dear old dog was at the end of her life.