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Election 2024: Image World (6b)

Shifting the burden of the age factor to Trump and making Harris the vibrant face of the Democratic Party has already proved itself the major turning point in this election. Some of those who forced the crisis that brought this to pass acted in good faith, and righteously. And we need to recognize and thank them for it. […]

Straight Outta Stone Ridge: Going Green

We’ve gone fully solar. Through a program conducted by New York State Solar Farm (NYSSF) we now have an array of solar panels on the southern and western sides of our roof. These are the same panels that power the space station. […]

Straight Outta Stone Ridge: Opioid Tourism

Weighed on the larger scale of things, the proposed methadone clinic’s predictable effect on those homeowners’ property values and sense of security is negligible, and the sacrifices involved on their parts mere fulfillment of their citizenly obligations to the town. […]

Straight Outta Stone Ridge: Home Cooking

The point of my discursions into food budgeting comes down to this: All else being equal, it’s possible in 2023 to eat well and healthily on a modest budget — including the standard amount allocated by the SNAP system. But the key phrase here is “All else being equal.” Which it’s not. […]

Four Score: A Chronology

My mother Frances gave birth to me at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in New York City on December 19, 1943, and brought me home to our rented house on West 11th Street in Greenwich Village. […]