By Beth Quinn
I continue to be astonished by imbeciles who think they have something of value to contribute to the national dialogue.

By Jeffrey Page
Why would a federal agency fear for its budget for telling truths that everybody already knows?

By Carrie Jacobson
Fields line the dirt road on the entrance to the Bashakill, in Westbrookville. Wild grasses grow tall and golden, and everywhere, flowers are blooming.

By Carrie Jacobson
Chapter 9
“The Travels of Zoe, the Wonder Dog” is a fictional serial that follows Zoe, a mostly blind lhasa apso, as she looks for love and a home in the mid-Hudson Valley. This is a fictional serial. Though it takes place in the Mid-Hudson, and many of the places are identifiable, the story and the characters in it are fully fictional. Any resemblance to real-life people, events or businesses is purely coincidental.

By Shawn Dell Joyce
A plein air painting done Thursday morning of the Shawangunk Ridge from Sandhill Road in Gardiner.

Rudolph Giuliani condemned street vendors for selling photos to tourists visiting Ground Zero. Soon thereafter he was paid $75,000 by a pharmaceutical company to make a 12-minute motivational speech.

By Bob Gaydos
The Constitution says you have to be born here to be president and the “Birthers” say Barack Obama wasn’t born here. (I know, I know, they’re idiots.) Since birthright is no proof of competence, isn’t it time we changed the rules?

By Carrie Jacobson
Chapter 8
“The Travels of Zoe, the Wonder Dog” is a fictional serial that follows Zoe, a mostly blind lhasa apso, as she looks for love and a home in the mid-Hudson Valley. This is a fictional serial. Though it takes place in the Mid-Hudson, and many of the places are identifiable, the story and the characters in it are fully fictional. Any resemblance to real-life people, events or businesses is purely coincidental.

By Jeffrey Page
In what state was a mayor forced to resign because he wasn’t a U.S. citizen? Jersey, you say? Have a cigar.

By Beth Quinn
Welcome back to Nunville. Zest readers weigh in on the Vatican’s modern-day inquisition of American nuns, who are just a bit too uppity for the good ole boys back in Rome. Get thee back to the nunnery, women!