WILLIAM A. GRALNICK

I just came from a funeral. It was one of those “too soon” funerals. A deputy sheriff friend of mine, married 28 years, 3 children,...

I’ve finished the first draft of the sequel to the next part of my memoir, “The War of the Itchy Balls and Other Tales From Brooklyn”...

I’ve always been a worrier. I used to say, “I worry when the corn doesn’t get enough rain in Iowa.” I was 10. Now I don’t know what to...

An Italian colleague of mine with whom I used to teach Ethnic Relations in schools and police departments was asked what were the best...

Remember a few decades back when people in certain parts of the country noticed that the rain would make a hissing noise as it hit...

My mother in law, may her memory be remembered for a blessing, closer to ninety-eight than 97, passed away shortly before Thanksgiving....

My book, “The War of the Itchy Balls and Other Tales From Brooklyn” is full of stories like this one. And like the rationale for the...

As Chris Cuomo says, “Let’s get to it.” I won’t hold you in suspense. The attacks on Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the White House,...

Many decades ago a hip, popular writer/singer named Tom Lehrer, wrote a song titled, “They’re rioting in Africa.” It was a riff on all...

I’m putting on my Political Science cap again because we have to take another look at the Electoral College. If you haven’t read about it...

The question for today, class is this. When as a nation, and when as individuals, did we become so enured to lying? Certainly it wasn’t...

The legendary country and western harmony group The Statler Brothers wrote a song about writing songs. It begins with a list of reasons...

’twas a time when my elders tended to think before they spoke, especially if there were children around. Sometimes they spoke in code,...

Dwight David Eisenhower was the first president I was really aware of. I was still politically, and in real life, too young, to follow...

The Good It sure is nice to accomplish a “first” at 75. As you read this my first non-digital book is being released. This coming of age...

Today let’s start with the ending because it is news. The tagline, “Read: It’s good for both of us” takes on new meaning come September...

This is not about politics. This is not about salvation. This is about friendship and sensitivity, the golden rule, and the attempt to...

Dear Friends, I’m overwhelmed with the number of things I want and need to write about so I took the easy way out and decided to use my...

“Hey,  Vern. What’s that noise? Sounds like waves of thunder.” “Rufus look there’n  the horizon, that low, fast-moving cloud. “Good Lord,...

There is a wonderful prayer in the Hebrew prayer book called, “L’dor v’ dor….” from generation to generation. It speaks to the passage of...