Carrie’s Painting of the Week – 2/22/14
February 22nd, 2014You MUST see the Grand Canyon in person. Truly!
PB Diversity Rallies Lacking in Diversity
February 20th, 2014By Michael Kaufman
I have some advice for those Pine Bush residents who are organizing the rallies designed to highlight their community’s commitment to diversity: Get a few people in front of the camera who don’t have white skin, maybe a gay couple or two (preferably with their kids in tow), and (for icing on the cake) some Orthodox Jews.
Hogan’s View
February 20th, 2014Bill Hogan
Kutsher’s R.I.P,
February 20th, 2014By Jeffrey Page
Once it might have been used to mix potato pancake batter. Nowadays we use it to catch rain water from a leaky chimney.
R.I.P. Marius, the ‘Surplus’ Giraffe
February 13th, 2014By Bob Gaydos
They killed a healthy young giraffe in Denmark Sunday because zoo officials said his genes were “surplus.” Human arrogance is sometimes astounding.
Lesser Lights
February 13th, 2014By Gretchen Gibbs
For all their fame, Ralph Kiner and Maxine Kumin received less acclaim than they deserved.
Hogan’s View
February 13th, 2014Bill Hogan
For Valentine’s Day
February 13th, 2014By Jeffrey Page
After Valentine greetings to family, is it weird to send them to people we’ve never met or even to people we admire but who are no longer living?
The ‘picture of health’? Me? Sonofagun
February 6th, 2014By Bob Gaydos
I’ve been muddling around this planet for 72 years and I’d like to enjoy at least a couple more decades here before moving on to the next station. So I’ve made some changes in my lifestyle.
Food: Will It Always Be There?
February 6th, 2014By William J. Makofske
Around the world, water scarcity is an increasing problem, particularly where irrigation is needed.