By Jeffrey Page
Could this mean that if you exercise your First Amendment right to petition the government on some matter that Joe Lieberman finds offensive you could lose your citizenship?

By Michael Kaufman
Starting in September, elementary schools in the city will begin offering a dual-language program to up to 88 lucky kindergarten students.

By Shawn Dell Joyce
Perhaps the best approach to solving the school budget crunch is the one right under our noses, and most likely to be missed.

By Carrie Jacobson
There is nothing like a marriage to make you understand – again and again – the power of love, the beauty of commitment, and the healing that is possible inside a family.

MOTHER’S DAY – Two baby sparrows cuddled in their nest.
While mother bird gathers food without any rest.
Chirp,Chirp, Gulp,Gulp, beaks opened wide to fill their tiny inside.
Light down feathers ready to fly. Hoping someday to reach the sky.
Soon the nest will be silent and still. But mother bird had a wonderful thrill.
(Gigli 2010)

By Jeffrey Page
Hunter would trash the Bill of Rights and deport American citizens. This Orwellian solution would be a first for America, a place where we have always prided ourselves for granting rights, not eliminating them.

By Shawn Dell Joyce
Flowers are big business. The U.S. floral market is a $20 billion-a-year industry, yet the vast majority of the 4 billion flower stems sold here every year come from Latin America. Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have been exporting flowers to us duty-free since the 1980s. As part of the “War on Drugs,” import taxes on South American flowers were eliminated to give farmers a profitable crop to replace cocaine.

By Carrie Jacobson
Azaleas are here only for a couple weeks, but what a lovely couple of weeks it is.

By Michael Kaufman
Message to tea partiers: Get rid of the racists in your ranks and please do something about the terrible spelling on your signs.

By Jeffrey Page
To appreciate the cynicism of her chicken-in-lieu-of-cash recollection it is important to note that she and her husband are worth about $50 million and will always be able to afford medical care.