By Michael Kaufman
Column about job loss struck decidedly different chords for men and women. (Guess whose responses were kinder and gentler.)

By Jeffrey Page
In Ellenville, a Marine relearns how to walk; his government has learned nothing at all.

By Bob Gaydos
The current upheaval in Albany politics is supposedly about reform. Don’t believe it. It’s about power. It’s always about power. Well, sometimes sex. Don’t look for any heroes in this scenario.

By Beth Quinn
None of our grandchildren actually mean to cause a dog harm, with the possible exception of 2-year-old Devon, whom I recently caught standing face to face with Tom, our yellow Lab. She had his lips gripped firmly in her little hands, and she was twisting them backwards, causing Tom to have a most peculiar and unnatural smile on his face.

By Jeffrey Page
Unofficial statistics suggest that Safe Haven laws, which allow parents of newborns to abandon them in controlled surrenders, have saved the lives of nearly 2,000 children in a decade.

By Carrie Jacobson
Chapter 1
“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.

By Bob Gaydos
After 23 years of opining anonymously as an editorial writer, retirement offers me the opportunity to get personal. I can’t stand Keith Olbermann.

By Michael Kaufman
Please don’t tell me what a nice guy I am when you let me go. It just makes me think of the immortal words of Leo Durocher: “Nice guys finish last.”

Photography by Rich Gigli
The Balloonist’s Prayer
The Fishermen

By Shawn Dell Joyce
The recent swine flu outbreak highlighted how our food system is making us sick. Our best antibiotics are losing their effectiveness, and we are percolating super microbes on our factory farms. Want to learn how to protect yourself and your family from swine flu and other diseases?