Like many Americans, I have hours’ worth of my favorite songs downloaded to my phone. Many of these songs, once the voice of my generation, would be considered ancient by […]
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Humble and virtuous: the clothesline’s role
Seventy-one years ago this month, my father and mother bought a house. It was definitely not my mother’s dream house. It was big and old and had been abandoned for […]
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Better safe than sorry
I may go back to my childhood roots when it comes to protecting my financial nest egg. With the stock market in free fall due to an aggressive tariff plan […]
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Education’s uneven playing field just got bumpier
My grandfather had a birthday this month. As the family historian, I was probably the only person in the world who remarked the day as he was born in 1893 […]
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Pooping in our Pen
Two days before Christmas, Abby, our gloriously naughty, brilliant Boxer-mix dog, was hit by a car and killed instantly. It happened when she was returning from her early morning run […]
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What a shame
I have known Alison Palmer for over 50 years. During our time at John Jay High School in Cross River NY we shared a love for ceramics and became friends while working […]
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Has football fumbled?
We are in the midst of football frenzy. The regular season is over, and we are on to the playoffs and ultimately the Super Bowl. In my house, reaching this […]
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Historian offers a correction about land division
To the Editor: I’m writing with one suggested correction to Karen Chase’s otherwise wonderful January “Remembering Civics” column on local government. Thank you, Karen. Keep up the good work. My […]
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What is the Electoral College and why do we have one?
Question What is the Electoral College? 1. A college in Washington, D.C., where states send delegates to vote for president and vice president 2. The people who vote for president […]
