We cannot be scared into giving up our American ideals
With the perspective offered by eight years since al Qaeda's
Christmas ushers in a new chapter – hey ‘Papa’
I am grateful. I have a lot to draw on trying to navigate my future as, "Papa." My Italian and Irish grandparents were close at hand - I could ride my bike to both homes while I was a young whippersnapper - and did so often. I could even get to my grandfather Derry's business, just to say hello or, as I got older, lend a hand around Derry's Feed and Fuel, which smelled like a mixture of alfalfa, hay and rabbit pellets. More importantly, in the geography of the heart, my grandparents drew the map.
Wildlife comes close
Red-winged blackbirds in an oak forest? Gray foxes lounging on a backyard deck? Duck families bobbing in your swimming pool? An influx of seemingly abandoned fawns near homes and businesses?
Boxing: Guerrero tells ESPN gun charges ‘all taken care of’
Gilroy boxer Robert Guerrero told ESPN on Tuesday that the gun charges stemming from his March 28 arrest at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York are “all taken care of.”















