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On a warm September Saturday, 45 years ago to the month, I wandered behind the bar at Slattery’s Old Seneca Ale Haus on Seneca Street for the very...
“The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things, Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, And why the sea is...
I don’t know about you, but I’ve discovered as I age that falling asleep isn’t what it used to be when I was younger. When I was 40 or so, my...
(Hi folks, I’m writing two mini columns today because of the timing of recent events. Bet you’re thrilled huh?) “Oh, it’s game on now! They...
“I believe our first priority must be world peace, and use of force is always, and only, a last resort.” (Ronald Reagan’s opening answer on Oct....
“Hey Pete, I was thinking that grilling some burgers would be fun this evening. Maybe with some salt potatoes? Oh, and I left you a note on the...
It’s Saturday morning around 8 o’clock and I’m staring at my laptop screen, wondering to myself what happened to all of the ideas that I had for...
Every once in a while, when I’m scrolling through my file of articles I’ve started but never finished, I’ll pause, reread one, and think, “You...
Every once in a while, when I’m scrolling through my file of articles I’ve started but never finished, I’ll pause, reread one, and think, “You...
Sometimes, when I feel it’s appropriate, I’ll talk politics with the person sitting next to me at the lunch counter. It happens rarely, because...
(Ed. note: This is the second in a two-part series.) In part one of this two-parter, I outlined some of the measures The Heritage Foundation has...
I really didn’t believe what I was reading at first. I mean, yeah, it was written by folks I’ve heard of, and the authors had help from an...
(OK, I’m going to have a little fun with logic in this article. I’m also going to channel Mrs. Crawford, my old Latin teacher from high school,...
I was going to entitle this column “Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face,” but it was a bit too long. Not that the title I did use isn’t...
(OK, I’m going to have a little fun with logic in this article. I’m also going to channel Mrs. Crawford, my old Latin teacher from high school,...
After living in a small town for 60-odd years or so, I’ve gotten a bit of an insight into who is from where, what their family background is like,...
I was washing glasses behind the bar some 40-odd years ago when a regular customer walked on up to order a drink. I knew her, and her situation, so I...
A long time ago I had this friend that was, let’s just say, oh, always in search of a good disagreement. Which could be annoying, because sometimes...
You know the old saying, Is the water glass half-full, or is it half-empty? The pessimist sees it as half-empty, the optimist sees it as half-full. My...
Ed. note: Because the Times did not publish a Monday edition this week, Pete Mitchell’s “In America” appears in Tuesday’s edition. It will...
Remember the science officer from the series “Star Trek”? Actually, I would be surprised if you didn’t recall that pointy-eared fellow. “Star...