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Afraid?

Published in Lititz Record-Express, 9/23/21 A short time ago somebody wrote to this paper concerning my column on Vaccine Passports. He accused me of constantly “fear mongering” in this space. Instead of immediately rejecting that notion, I did what everyone with strong opinions should do when those opinions are criticized. I considered the possibility thatContinue reading “Afraid?”

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Published in Suburban Life Magazine (Philadelphia), January 2020

Ma & Pa – Pt 3

Sorry, Jim

Published in the Lititz Record, October 2016 Given that the election season, this two-year election marathon, is almost at an end, here’s a tale that may lighten your depression. But, while amusing, I may be telling it at my own expense. In 1995, when county treasurer Paul Thibault was running to replace Jim Huber asContinue reading “Sorry, Jim”

Ma & Pa – Pt 2

Two Holes and a Tube

Published January 2015. From a two-year series of monthly short features titled “Remembrances” in Keystone Motorcycle Press. A rented Honda Shadow. November 1996 tour around Florida. I’m cruising the Tamiami Trail, east to west. Left the Northeast cold behind and I am really enjoying the balmy ‘70s. Not much traffic this weekday, and with openContinue reading “Two Holes and a Tube”

Ma & Pa – Pt. 1

Black & White

Published in Central Penn Business Digest, 8/90 New Orleans in June. The sun goes down but the temperature never does. You can’t even call what they have there humidity–you need a whole new word. Somehow, and I think it must be part of an ongoing conspiracy on the part of the transit system employees, I,Continue reading “Black & White”

Goodbye, Malcolm

Published June 1990 in Central Penn Business Digest Everyone who ever met Malcolm Forbes, no matter how casually, has now written his or her piece about what a character he was. I was hoping to resist the temptation myself, but a strange coincidence has made me reconsider. It was Saturday, February 24, and I wasContinue reading “Goodbye, Malcolm”