Growing up in the greater New York City area meant exposure to every Broadway and Off-Broadway play through television, print, and radio advertising. So, it followed that we had a thriving theatre program through summer school enrichment and two wonderful teachers who brought it to the ...
At a Catholic Bible study I used to attend in my hometown we were discussing the scripture readings for the following Sunday when the topic of prayer for the dead came up. The priest told us that most Protestant Christians do not pray for the dead. Many in the room were shocked to hear that. ...
Last fall, I fell in love with prairie dogs on the American Prairie in Montana even though the hype for America's Great Plains pointed me to bison. As impressive as North America's largest land mammal is, the pipsqueak of the prairie piqued my interest and stole my heart, and I'm not the only ...
Almost all my friends say they want Jack Bergman voted out of Congress because he is a carpetbagger who refuses to appear at town halls. Not me. Bobby Kennedy and Hillary Clinton were carpetbaggers in New York. Most Republicans avoid town halls if a Democrat can be found within 50 miles. More ...
I'm a member of this community who cares deeply about the health of our public institutions, the tone of our civic life, & the kind of example set for people watching all this unfold. What concerns me about this recall effort being inflicted on members of this board & on the ...
On March 2nd school board members Eric Lawson, Sarah Costain and Monica Dziesinski attended a hearing for a determination of the factuality and clarity of the proposed language on the petitions for recalling these three from their school board positions. Due to space limitation, the petition ...