Marek Fuchs

And so Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino gave his State of the County address a few days ago and it was an insufferable as any throw-in-the-kitchen-sink political address of our modern era, with its ...

At a certain point last year -- I don’t remember when precisely -- I became suddenly and utterly taken with the idea of raising a flock of chickens on my otherwise typical quarter-acre suburban plot.

I ...

It could be my loaded imagination as a chicken owner, but it seems everyone is out to get us. First, there was the headline on this website that instantly had me putting up a squawk:

“New Rochelle Council ...

A suburban madam? Constant busts of local nail salons as fronts for sordid activity? What in the wide, wide world of sin and transgression is going on in our good, clean suburbs?  You used to think of “Sex ...

“What was once an easygoing volunteer group has begun to give way to male leadership,” said The New York Times last week, writing about the “changing face of the Parent Teacher Association,” otherwise known as ...

This is the way it usually works: politicians treat us all as if we just fell of the turnip truck. When anything even slightly disconcerting happens, they start flapping their gums about how they are sure to save ...

Little in youth sports elicits more eye rolls and derisive laughter than this: when it comes to little kids, we often don’t keep score. 

I coach Little League baseball and the more competitive CYO ...

Since 2011 is now officially over, I have to ask: what did I miss?  Truth be told, I wasn’t really paying attention.  With all the trials and suffering in the world these days plus the Kardashians, I ...

Throw a dart blindfolded this week and you'd probably hit a failed school bond. You remember school bonds, don't you?  For decades, they've been our schools' ATM machines, figuratively speaking.  Any ...

I’m mad and would like not to take it anymore, but as with much else when it comes to our schools, looks like I’ll just have to grin and bear it with the rest of you.  At issue is the preponderance of ...