February 19th, 2015
By Michael Kaufman
The chances are none to none that Under Armour will use one of Ali’s most motivational quotes of that period: “No Viet Cong ever called me a (n-word)!”
Tags: Benito Mussolini, Jerry Quarry, Joe Frazier, Lester Maddox, Michael Kaufman, Muhammad Ali, Nino Benvenuti, Sam Massell, Under Armour
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February 9th, 2015
By Bob Gaydos
What moments in sports have you experienced that made you say “Wow!”, even just to yourself? Share them with us. What the heck, it’s February. Nothing else is going on.
Tags: Bill Rodgers, Binghamton, Brady, Frank Shorter, Jackie Robinson, Jeter, Lake Placid, Mickey Mantle, Middletown, Nadia Comaneci, Olympics, Secretariat, SUper Bowl, Willie Mays, Yankee
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February 2nd, 2015
By Bob Gaydos
Don’t Give the ball to your best player and don’t let him win you a championship
Tags: football, Marshawn Lynch, New England, Patriots, Pete Carroll, Russell Wilson, Seahawks, Seattle, SUper Bowl, Tom Brady
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January 24th, 2015
By Bob Gaydos
Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Undoubtedly.
Is it more intelligent than us? I sure as hell hope so.
Tags: earth, galaxy, Milky Way, NASA, obama, Pine Bush, Republican, science, UFO
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January 23rd, 2015
By Michael Kaufman
I thought of Alexander Cockburn the other day when I was checking out my groceries at a local supermarket. The cashier wore a badge that described her job as “Customer Service Representative.”
Tags: Alexander Cockburn, Antoine Fouquier-Tinville, Michael Kaufman, Walmart
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January 20th, 2015
I caught a moment, when a couple said “I do,” on a hot day in July.
Tags: accomack county, Carrie Jacobson, carriejacobson, I Do, marriage, wedding
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January 16th, 2015
By Bob Gaydos
Just don’t tell me to act my age, because I don’t know what that means.
Tags: age, Bob Gaydos, diet, exercise, Facebook, falafel, Google, Hoopla, Kindle, sushi, text, yogurt
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January 15th, 2015
By Jeffrey Page
“Beyond crass” was how one top Republican described Obama’s failure to attend the anti-terrorism march in Paris. Does anyone disagree?
Tags: Angela Merkel, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, David Cameron, Francois Hollande, Jane D. Hartley, Joe Biden, John Kennedy, John Kerry, Mahmoud Abbas, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee, Reince Priebus, Rick Perry, Ronald Reagan, Ted Cruz
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January 14th, 2015
Justin has made a big business of the small lawns in our town. This painting captures his wild mowing spirit.
Tags: Carrie Jacobson, palette knife landscape, wachapreague VA
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January 8th, 2015
By Jeffrey Page
“A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.”
Tags: Bobby Jindal, David Duke, EURO, House, Jeffrey Page, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, Klan, Newt Gingrich, Republican, Steve Scalise
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