If there was a theme for these columns, it was based on my idea of promoting good resolutions which, as we all know, are what we should be promising to try . . . again . . . in the new year. Quoting my favorite, Dave Barry: “Don’t feel bad! Many people have trouble sticking to their ...

Sometimes I am actively looking for something to write about; other times I stumble upon something that tweaks my interest. In either case, I am off and running. The column came from some of my random research. I stumbled on facts about the months of the year. I found many things I did not ...

It’s like a long, inspiring novel, the story of my best friend Michele who developed early onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 47. Her children were in high school at the time, two girls who were poised to go to college, have families and jobs one day, and then starter homes on little ...

From September 1968 through June 1971, I was a student at Jamestown High School. Back then, JHS was a grade 10-12 school, as Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln, were junior high schools of grades 7, 8 and 9, and our elementary schools were grades K-6. (I went to St. James Parochial School for ...

Good for Mike Bloomberg. During his first debate, he slammed Bernie Sanders by saying: “We’re not going to throw out capitalism. We tried that. Other countries tried that. It was called communism, and it just didn’t work!” Exactly right. It’s safe to say Bloomberg is not a ...

Journalists can have up-and-down relationships with politicians. We need each other. At times, our jobs conflict, and we tend to dislike each other. At other times, our goals synchronize and we like each other — for a while. I like to think that I have a friendly relationship with ...