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July 20, 2008 10:30 PM EDT -- Ireland is a country of spell binding beauty.  Its people are deservedly  known for their friendliness and hospitality, but I'm convinced that a major reason its population is less than . . . more
January 09, 2007 12:14 PM EST -- This is meant mostly for those in the The Quote Boat Group, but anyone can join in. I recently wrote a  play in which Mark Twain introduces Sam Clemens, 34, and his bride of one day.   See . . . more
January 04, 2008 07:39 PM EST -- Those who think of the 1950s as dull and nearly sexless never lived through that tumultuous era. Those of us who were young then,  remember a  decade crammed with excitement, change, conflict . . . more
November 19, 2006 11:56 PM EST -- As the 21st century begins to run on swift feet, things of the last century, cars, computers, cell phones, fashions are increasingly thought of as old. Old so soon. I am old and remember many Modern Ages. . . . more
March 07, 2009 10:50 AM EST --   As graduation time nears it’s time to ponder about college and graduation and our hopes. Well, anyway, it causes me to ponder. When I went to college it was affordable, a year’s tuition . . . more
January 16, 2007 09:09 PM EST -- I was born a bastard and I’ve remained one all my life. I became a journalist.” So begins Joseph P. Ritz’s story of his search for his background in his book I NEVER LOOKED FOR MY MOTHER . . . more
December 15, 2006 11:39 AM EST -- Most children are stuck with the parents they have. Many children from time to time hope and believe they are adopted.  But for them it is just wishful . . . more
January 12, 2007 02:07 PM EST --      At times I read a newspaper or magazine article and I think that the author -- regardless of what the byline says -- is Hyman Kaplan.     Kaplan is author Leo Rosten’s . . . more
January 24, 2008 09:20 PM EST -- I had prepared a couple of lines of patter I was going to say at my 50th high school reunion. Standing in front of my fellow graduates and their wives and husbands, microphone in hand, I planned to . . . more
March 28, 2006 11:03 AM EST -- There Are no Toilets in St. Peter's by Joseph P. Ritz Some 20 million tourists are expected to descend on Rome during the next year.  I'd like to inform them there are no toilets in St. Peter's. . . . more
September 09, 2006 10:32 AM EDT -- "I was born a bastard and I've been one all my life. I became a journalist." So begins Joseph P. Ritz's story of his search for his background and his career as a journalist and playwright. . . . more
March 20, 2007 06:20 PM EDT -- Jeremiah O’Sullivan was dean of Marquette’s College of Journalism in the 1950s, when I was a student there. All those who studied under him and the faculty members called him simply, “the . . . more
May 19, 2007 07:44 PM EDT -- I was born a bastard and I’ve remained one all my life. I became a journalist.” So begins  I NEVER LOOKED FOR MY MOTHER AND OTHER REGRETS OF A JOURNALIST. The book is a journey which . . . more
April 10, 2006 09:21 AM EDT --   I turned 70 yesteday.   There is nothing extraordinary about  turning 70. The vast majority of us do.  It is a measure of progress, not a turning point. Nevertheless, 70 marks a major . . . more
March 21, 2006 08:37 PM EST -- Crave Danger and Excitement? Try Driving in Ireland <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--> <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--> <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--> . . . more
March 21, 2006 11:41 PM EST -- Joseph P. Ritz                                          . . . more
July 20, 2009 09:32 AM EDT --   ‘”Memory is like a long broken night” — Graham Greene   I don’t find that so, but reading a recent biography of the author, The Life of Grahan Greene – . . . more
March 21, 2006 12:22 AM EST -- When I tell friends my wife and I just got back from a trip during which we drove 7,411 miles around the country, I get replies like:      "Oh?  How many cars did you see . . . more
March 21, 2006 12:19 PM EST -- Fado means fate in Portuguese.  It's also the name of a particular kind of haunting music heard principally in small cafes and bars in Lisbon.   Spain has its foot stomping, fast-paced, . . . more
 
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