We go through our lives, often times facing stress, disappointment, despair, and sadness as well as gratitude, elation, self-fulfillment, and joy, experiencing the full spectrum of what life may hand us in the daily uncertainty of our existence. At all those times in our lives, be they highs, ...

Let’s suppose that you submitted a letter to the editor. Let’s suppose that the publication, for whatever reason, declined to run it. Let’s suppose that you, disapproving of that decision, went to your friendly neighborhood federal-district court, filed suit, and asserted that you ...

Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire society." As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, ...

It was a five-foot long painting of the S. S. Jamestown—-a really special steamboat that was the largest craft to ever grace Chautauqua Lake. She was built at the boat landing on the lake by Isaac Hammett of Pittsburgh and then launched to great fanfare on May 24, 1875. One-hundred and sixty ...

The mild winter changed course this week. As I write this, today is arctic cold outside. My jammies are warm, I’m staying home, and I’m keeping them on. The edges of the rooms feel chilly, Being cold inside the house takes me back to childhood. My trip down memory lane is an icy trek. I ...

Don used to tease me about being a world traveler. We would watch something on television and he would say, “I suppose you have been there.” Often the answer was yes. He told me he thought that I was traveling to find someone to be with. That could not have further from the truth. I ...