Itโ€™s Great to be Alive

Itโ€™s Great to be Alive

By: John Maloney Hello everybody. Theย Spectatorย is back! For how long, I donโ€™t know because I turned 97 a few months ago. Iโ€™ve had the pleasure of writing for this paper since around 1980 and itโ€™s certainly good to be back again. Heck, at my age, itโ€™s great to be anywhere! These have been terrible, terrible […]

Things Could Be Worse

By the Spectator, John Maloney As I write this column, Washington D.C. seems to be in a state of chaos. Thereโ€™s trouble with Ukraine, with Russia, with Turkey. The other word you hear is impeachment! It โ€˜s a crazy town and the rest of the world isnโ€™t much better. Iโ€™ve made a list of bad […]

The Spectator: Things Could Be Worse

The Spectator: Things Could Be Worse

  By The Spectator, John Maloneyย  Well as of now, as I write, Washington D.C. is in chaos! Nobody knows whether Obamacare is going to stay or is going out like all the people who work for President Trump! The Mets are going nowhere and the MTA is a disaster. Iโ€™ve made a list of […]

The Spectator: Famous Fatherโ€™s Day Gifts

The Spectator: Famous Fatherโ€™s Day Gifts

    BY JOHN MALONEY Well, here we are with another Fatherโ€™s Day just around the corner. I donโ€™t know why it is but Motherโ€™s Day gets more attention and coverage all over than Fatherโ€™s Day! Hey, if it werenโ€™t for fathers, there wouldnโ€™t be any Motherโ€™s day. The Spectator began to think about what […]

School Daze

By The Spectator, John Maloney The school year is winding down. Have you even looked back on your education; elementary school, high school, college perhaps. Maybe you have a Masterโ€™s Degree hanging on the wall somewhere! Did you ever stop to think about the tremendous amount of knowledge that you acquired during those school years? […]

โ€œWrite That Novel…โ€

BY THE SPECTATOR, JOHN MALONEY Soon the carefree days of summer will be upon us. There will be lots of leisure time ahead for all of us. There will be so many things to do, so many places to visit, so many thrills to enjoy. Why not write the great American novel? With all the […]