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Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On New Years Resolutions

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, November 26, 2023

Dear Friends, Halloween costumes have been stored away with the scary decorations until next year and the candy has all been eaten. Now as Thanksgiving slowly ends; left over reincarnation by left over reincarnation (turkey sandwiches, turkey casserole, croquettes, and creamy soup, we move on towards the Hanukah/Christmas holiday. Will it be another turkey dinner…

Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Trains and Broadcasters

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, November 22, 2023

Dear Friends, I want to start this week by wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving, as we enter the “Holiday Season” my schedule has gotten very busy. I am proud to be a member of the Masons, the Shriner’s, as well as the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia. Friday night I was so happy to be…

Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion-On Food and Eating

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, November 11, 2023

Dear Friends, I enjoy going out to eat, who doesn’t? Fancy formal dinners, shirt and tie, casual, and laid back (bar b q, picnic, block parties) eating is good. Getting together with family and/or friends is always special as you sit around sharing stories of vacations, weekend trips, kids, stories of days gone by…

Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Litter and Plastic

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 31, 2023

Dear Friends, Every day as I drive I find detours, roads closed for repair and construction, buildings being torn down, trees being cut down, grassy areas, pollination fields paved over. Off shore drilling, wind turbines, oil tanker spills, are damaging our waters. Plastic debris continues to find its way into our oceans; 5.25 trillion…

Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Artificial Intelligence

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 22, 2023

by Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, There are so many things any more that are artificial, football is played on artificial turf, Perhaps you have a jacket, coat, or even a suit of artificial leather, the seats in your car or the chair you are sitting on may be artificial leather (naugahyde). Artificial sweeteners,…

Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On The Seasons

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 15, 2023

by Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, Going into the final quarter, and I am not speaking about football, I am speaking of the four seasons we have here in the northeast. Winter officially arrives on the 22nd of December, but October seems to be a review of the seasons gone and the one coming….

Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion -On Guns and Voting

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 9, 2023

Dear Friends, As a youngster I was blessed to live in the country where every day I was able to; swim, fish, hike in the woods, camp out, cook a meal over an open fire, go hunting or just target practice. I made my own fishing poles until I was given a rod and reel…

Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion- On Shopping

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, October 2, 2023

Dear Friends, Do you enjoy shopping? When did you first start shopping? Perhaps as a youngster you went to the Five and Dime to buy caps for your cap gun, maybe you had saved or earned enough for a rubber knife with a sheath, did you go to the drug store (today the Pharmacy)…

Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion-On Laws

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, September 25, 2023

by Paul Big Bear Dear Friends, NEWS, North – East – West – South it is all around us. It comes to us in print, on radio, TV, electronic media, and conversation, sadly much of which consists of violence, man’s inhumanity to man, robbery, assault, and gun violence. Whether you are pro gun/anti gun…

How your support of free and fearless journalism can help preserve our democracy

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, September 20, 2023

by Christopher Baxter Of Spotlight PA The challenges and threats facing our Democracy can seem so enormous and systemic that you might think one person, one article, or one vote couldn’t possibly make a difference. But the biggest threat of all is giving in and believing all is already lost. This month we celebrate Democracy…