Monthly Archives: October 2016

Well, America is rapidly rolling toward election day, now just a little over three weeks away. During the last week, the Trump campaign has been a virtual train wreck with one disaster after another.  His chances of winning have collapsed … Continue reading →

The bridle path at Prospect Park  I learned to ride a horse in Brooklyn. As a teen in the ‘50s I would ride regularly in Prospect Park or Gerritsen Beach renting horses from local stables for a couple of hours.  … Continue reading →

    Well it has come to this. The Republican Party, the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan has nominated for President of the United States a dissolute pig. I don’t know where to begin … Continue reading →

“Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest storm to hit South Florida in more than a decade, slogged its way across the Bahamas Thursday morning and began its steady and strengthening trek toward the state’s coastline. The Category 3 hurricane was driving 30 … Continue reading →

How hard to be poor and a stranger in the promised land where poverty humiliates those who pride themselves on being able to cope. “Don’t you “little girl” me! I’ve been carrying this family on my back for a whole … Continue reading →

Well its October and Halloween is just around the corner!  This year, instead of worry about razor blades in apples or excessive sugar in the kid’s treats it appears that we are worried about costumes which might offend. At least … Continue reading →