By Carrie Jacobson
We’re doing all we can for our dear old dog. And why not? All her life, she’s done all she can for us.

Spring time at Cape May, New Jersey

By Shawn Dell Joyce
How would you like to get a check back from Central Hudson instead of paying them thousands in utilities this year? If you lived in Green Acres in New Paltz, that could happen to you.

By Jeffrey Page
Again the question for Rep. Nan Hayworth: You want to cut spending, so which programs do you kill? She won’t say.

By Michael Kaufman
Some modern conveniences I can do without, including sensor-activated toilets and drive-thru casket viewing.

By Bob Gaydos
A couple of weeks ago, while stroking my ego, I offered up some famous folks I had met and invited readers to reciprocate. A few did. For some reason, the list is heavy with lawbreakers and contrarians. The company I keep?

Spring unfolds with a soft glory, and I awaken with it.

By Michael Kaufman
Mike Pelfrey speaks openly about his relationship with the late sports psychologist Harvey Dorfman. Times were different when the great Babe Ruth required the services of Hans Krumholz.

By Bob Gaydos
Donald Trump is to politics what Manny Ramirez was to baseball. A clown. I am not amused.

By Shawn Dell Joyce

For the first time in fifteen years, the United States Department of Agriculture announced it will upgrade nutritional standards for the National School Lunch and Breakfast program. Under a new law signed by President Obama in mid-January, children will be offered something that comes closer to current nutritional