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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...
“Hey Pete, where’s the keg going?” “In the tub I’ve got in the trunk, and I’ve got ice in the coolers in the back seat. You pack the...
When I was a kid growing up on Slosson Lane, right here in good old Geneva, N.Y., both my sister and I had a little plot of land in the backyard where...
“Pete, I’m going to buy the place up the street and open shop there. It’s a whole lot smaller, as you know, and I only need a few staff because...
“Hi Pete, are you enjoying your steak at the new place in Rochester?” “Well, I never actually made it there. I got to thinking that maybe I’d...