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Joe looked long at the menu. “I’ll have the prime rib,” he said to the waitress. “No, let me have the chicken parm.” “You want pasta or mashed potatoes?” asked the waitress. “Potatoes,” said Joe. The ...

The angel said to the Lord … Angel: You must create a woman so she may bring a child into the world. She shall be called a mother. God: I can do that. Is there anything else a mother will need to be b...

Jeremy Bentham was an 18th century English philosopher. His ideas about how we should live our lives was overshadowed by his eccentricity. Before his death in 1832, Bentham left instructions that his ...

When I was about 10 years old, my Uncle Al took me and my cousin fishing for our first time. I watched him stab a squiggly worm onto a hook that was tied below a red and white plastic bobber. He tosse...

I drove by Recreation Park on Route 903 the other day and glanced at the all-plastic playground. The image in my head time-traveled me back to my childhood. My mind returned to a place behind my grade...

Rod Serling was a gifted storyteller. His “Twilight Zone” television series with themes of social commentary are as relevant today as they were in the late 1950s and early 1960s when the show was aire...

Don’t you feel it growing day by day? People getting ready for the new Some are happy, some are sad Whoa, we gotta let the music play These words begin the song “Listen to the Music” by the Doobie Bro...

I’m an observer of human behavior. As the writer of this column, I have featured many interesting people who have contributed to the quality of my life. I met Jack Knorr about 15 summers ago inside th...

Sometimes I sit down, open up my laptop and stare at a blank screen. Minutes pass. Not a word is written and I shut it down. Other times, I begin a column and after a few paragraphs, I quit. My brain’...

With so much hate and division in the world now, sometimes I think we’re living inside a Marvel or DC Universe with good guys fighting bad guys, and we need to call on superheroes to help bring us tog...