There is one parade I wish I could have attended—the one that ended the Civil War. Over two days the Armies of the Union traversed Pennsylvania Avenue, from the Capitol to the White House, a seemingly unending sea of soldiers. In the case of General Sherman’s Army, it took most of a day ...

Article 1, Section 11 of the New York Constitution protects against unequal treatment based on race, color, creed, and religion. Proposal 1 will amend the act to also protect against unequal treatment based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender ...

Are you old enough to remember when television channels signed off for the night? I recall them playing the national anthem, then shutting down. There was no television to watch during the night. The next morning the process worked in reverse. They played the national anthem, then were up and ...

Let’s pick up where we left off last week. In whatever action or case particularly catching their attention, judicial activists tend to want the U.S. Supreme Court to base its decision not on the law but on their will. Judicial activism previously held more sway in the high court than it ...

Question: I just received correspondence from my insurance company informing me of my 2024 insurance is discontinuing and won’t be offered in 2025. What should I do?. Answer: Happy Insurance Season! It is September 30th and your plan is required to inform you what it is doing for 2025. We ...

I recently discovered that October is National Cheese Month. I must admit I do like cheese. There are so many kinds of cheese that it is impossible to list them all. In my refrigerator now I have mozzarella, pepper jack cheese, American cheese, sharp cheese, and dill Havarti. I use them all ...