The Online Journal of Uncommon Common Sense in an Age of Nonsense
The legal wrangling over the ability for the Van Houten family to continue operating their cider mill/music venue on the family farm is in limbo as the town board did not discuss the matter further after the February 23 meeting. More when the matter is put before the town board.
Once again in America the face of isolationism has come to the forefront of our politics. Today as in the years following the First World War there is a push to have the United States government steer clear of what George Washington said in his farewell address, foreign entanglements. The last time the idea of…
As someone who watched both Dune (2021) and its sequel Dune 2 (2024), I can’t help but feel conflicted about the direction these films took. While there were undeniable improvements in Dune 2, particularly in terms of narrative coherence and character development, both movies fell short of truly capturing the essence of Frank Herbert’s masterpiece….
Pearl River has been the venue for the Saint Patrick Day Parade since 1967 when the parade was moved from the narrow streets of New City to the wide main thoroughfare of Central Avenue. Raymond Sheridan was the parade’s first Grand Marshall in 1964. Since that time, the parade has grown to become the second…
