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Thanksgiving Wish List

Usually on Thanksgiving, my thoughts go to the grandiose, like being grateful for perfect parents, or the incredible luck to ..


100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand

As I was reading the interviews in 100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand, lyrics from the Comden ..


Character Sketches # 2

When I was doing the job and living the life, I did not perceive Graphic Transformations as a bubbling caldron ..


Good bye, Joe

The last time I saw Joe, I was with my family, eating, greeting, telling stories about this and that. After ..


Whale of a tale

Linda just plain wasn’t a water person. She turned green when forced to take the Staten Island Ferry, and she ..


Nobody did it better

I had my radio on this morning, and without realizing it, a huge smile drew a half-moon across my face. ..


I will pack and train

Editor’s note: This is the second half of this two-part column. The first appeared in Thursday’s edtition. Now let me tell ..


I will pack and take a train

Editor’s note: This is the first half of a two-part column. The second will appear in Friday’s edition. “God! I ..


An Act of Kindness

MARJORIE FIELDSTONE Marjorie’s eyes darted to the clock on her dashboard. 11:55 a.m. She had five minutes to get to her ..


My Secretary can beat up your Administrative Professional

Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. The name-changing idiots are at it again. All right, they were “at it” a bunch of years ..


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