I'm a golf nut. Retired and playing 5 times a week. About 200 rounds last year--not bad for someone playing 100% of his rounds in New Jersey. But despite all the action, I still manage to play to a handicap in the high teens.
I write lots of letters to the editor and op ed pieces. I've had a letter published in The New York Times--and I was lucky enough a few years back to get a full page My Turn article in Newsweek. I've had hundreds of letters published in local newspapers--and have had tens of dozens of op ed essays and guest columns published also.
I also do crossword puzzles, much to my wife's dismay at night. I do at least one NY Times Sunday sized puzzle every day. (In pencil, with lots of erasures.)
I have become an agnostic activist because I truly think the world would be a better place if we all acknowledged our agnosticism. I believe, if you will excuse that seemingly incongruous expression, that everyone is an agnostic. It's just that we agnostics come in two categories--those who acknowledge that we don't know the answers to unanswerable questions; and those who pretend to know. That latter category includes the theists and the atheists (two sides of one coin)--both of whom suppose they know the answers to those unanswerable questions.
Fri 16 Oct, 2026 05:07 am - [quote="Walter Hinteler"]
Trump’s poll ratings are dismal, with the mid-term elections just over two weeks away.
He is now trying to make the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy a... (view)
Fri 9 Oct, 2026 09:49 am - So very sorry to hear about CI. I met him twice...perhaps once with you here in NYC. A truly great guy. Funny thing...early this week, I wore the A2K hat he gave us last time he was in town.... (view)
Wed 7 Oct, 2026 02:51 am - [quote="FredBquick"]
Moses was far from perfect. So we all are. Who does what God would have us do? God values life, all of it from God.
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[b]Very interesting blind guesses... (view)
Fri 2 Oct, 2026 10:19 am - [b]The GOP ought to be talking about their successes in leading the nation rather than trash talking the Dems.
The fact that are not doing the former and are pounding on the latter tells you... (view)
Wed 30 Sep, 2026 02:28 am - [quote="FredBquick"]
[quote]Who in their right mind gives a damn whether any gods exist or not?Regardless of how people "believe" about gods...either at least one does... (view)
Sat 19 Sep, 2026 05:29 am - [quote="Region Philbis"]
[quote]I have a picture[/quote] if you'd like, i'll PM you my email address.
you can then mail the image and i'll post it...
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Yeah,... (view)
Thu 17 Sep, 2026 08:27 am - [quote="hightor"]
You know, I'm sort of sorry I completely missed out on the heyday of A2K when I actually used to go to NYC annually and sometimes even traveled to other... (view)
Wed 16 Sep, 2026 12:27 pm - ...for those of you who have been here a long time, thought you'd like to know that Nancy and I met for an annual lunch with Jonathan on the Pan on Monday.
Great, great day. He was looking... (view)
Tue 8 Sep, 2026 08:42 am - [quote="Walter Hinteler"]
Trump posted a map on Truth Social without explanation, showing the US, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico and the Caribbean coloured in with the US flag, with... (view)