Tag: mark sherman

“A new study made at University of Washington suggests that global warming seems to lead in fact to more insects. ...

I’m not on Facebook. I know that may put me in the minority in the United States and could get ...

Writer’s note: Though I generally write humorous columns in this space, at this time of year I typically do one ...

(Sung to the tune of “The Times They Are A-Changin’”) “Oh, come all you people wherever you are And please ...

“Gen. John R. Allen, the top American and NATO commander in Afghanistan, is under investigation for what a senior defense ...

I, like so many people, am cursed with envy. I look around and think that everyone seems to be doing ...

I know that cars are getting a bad rap these days, mainly because they are a major factor in destroying ...

I had a sobering experience some time ago at one of our local eateries. The restaurant sold this paper, and ...

For many years as a college teacher I taught a course titled The Psychology of Language. Amazingly, even with that ...

When you’re expected to write something funny every two weeks, it’s not easy. Just pick up a newspaper, and you ...

How things have changed since I was young! I remember when my first child was born, way back in 1964, ...

I had written the first draft of what I thought would be my next column and I showed it to ...

One of the numerous joys of modern life is being put on hold when you call almost anyone. My mother, ...

I hate teasers. But even as I write that I realize that my very title is something of a teaser. ...

“Give many men thine ear but few thy voice.” -- William Shakespeare   Yes, Shakespeare had a good point, which ...

They say ideas are a dime a dozen, and that may be true, though that sentence was probably first uttered ...

“Why so large cost…” -- William Shakespeare, Sonnet 146   Though it’s pretty clear that capitalism is here to stay, ...

Is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed when, on a day like today (Monday, April 16), when ...

In 1987, at the age of 44, I ran for town board in New Paltz, experiencing for the first time ...

“Florence Wolfson Howitt, whose lifelong dream of recognition as a writer eluded her until she was in her 90s, when ...