by Neal Zagarella      When Bruce Springsteen says, “The America I have sung to you about for fifty years is real,” I know that to be...

by Kerry Zagarella Yesterday I stood in a long line at Costco to purchase a membership. I live with my husband and do not need to...

by Kerry Zagarella I grew up in a football family. We were indoctrinated into specific team cults. We were taught what teams  to support...

By Neal Zagarella       The election of Donald Trump this November has allowed again the emergence of one of America’s hallmarks, the...

by Kerry Zagarella Hello 2024. Of course there are always several year end promises to live a more healthy life in the upcoming year. I...

Kerry Zagarella When did it become okay to deface the American flag? I wonder what the reaction would be if the Black Lives Matter...

by Kerry Zagarella Happy Juneteenth seems like a strange acknowledgement. Perhaps Happy extremely belated Juneteenth. Juneteenth marks...

By Neal Zagarella When Jesus died, I thought of my baseball cards, my seventh summer and the Montreal Expos. 1969 was the inaugural year...

by Kerry Zagarella Growing up in Florida I wasn’t aware of nature’s patterns. I didn’t think about the dependability of the changing...

How do we practice being joyful, when being joyful becomes a mandate? How do we get in the spirit? It is nearly impossible to avoid the...

Last Century’s Champions By Neal Zagarella They are the favorites again this year. The presumptive American League Champions, the pick of...

Hits, Runs, Memories and Dreams by Neal Zagarella The opening of a new baseball season is a kind of holiday for those of us mysteriously...

It is important to remember that when the President of the United States calls the press the enemy of the people, as he has said and...