By Jeffrey Page
No matter how seriously you take your cause, what are you when you order the deaths of 3,000 unarmed people? Do you still lie to your own people and to your god by thinking of yourself as a human being?

By Geoffrey Howard
The prize: 48 fruit trees and a slew of ice cream.

By Jean R. Webster
The program listed everyone in the show including Grace whose name was listed as “Grade.” An omen, I thought.

By Shawn Dell Joyce

All the flowers in corporate chains and box stores are imported. The cheap abundance of imported flowers not only has an impact on Mom-and-Pop-owned florists and supermarkets, but also makes it very hard for local growers to compete.

By Bob Gaydos
Dealing with nativist Know-Nothings takes a certain kind of president. Think Lincoln. Think Obama.

By Jeffrey Page
The NPR anchor called it “a musical twist on the faltering housing market.” A musical twist? Those words about a story on the economy are cause for alarm.

By Shawn Dell Joyce
Last week, the price of crude oil jumped to $113/barrel, and suspiciously soon afterwards, the national average for regular unleaded gasoline leaped over the $4 a gallon mark. Lost production in Libya was blamed for the gas price hike, yet even at $4/gallon it’s really a bargain. Before you start penning me hate email, let me explain.

By Michael Kaufman
Hundreds of employees at the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility in Warwick await a decision from the governor….and more African American men are in prison or jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850, before the Civil War began.

Sandy Hook is one of the most popular surf fishing areas in the New Jersey. It’s a favorite of many striped-bass fishermen.

By Rich Gigli
Prince Edward Island