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Dear Julia: I’m writing you this note on March 7, 2018. Today is the day that you turn 15 years old. It’s an interesting day for me and Mom, but…
March 25, 2018Read More
By: Jeff Katz – May, 2017 In 1962, President John F. Kennedy designated May 15th as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day. President Kennedy further designated the week in which that date…
May 27, 2017Read More
By: Jeff Katz – April, 2019 Every so often you run into someone who just does not get it. You know the type, the guy who keeps telling you how…
May 1, 2017Read More
By: Jeff Katz – Feb. 2017 As a kid growing up in Philadelphia, I was only vaguely aware of these creatures called Republicans. They were all rich country clubbing WASPS…
April 4, 2017Read More
By: Jeff Katz – Feb. 2017 There are those times when you just have to shake your head, pour another cup of coffee, shake your head and then rinse and…
February 28, 2017Read More
By: Jeff Katz – January, 2017 I recently was flying from Boston to Richmond, Virginia. My early morning travel started on the wrong foot when I realized that I had…
January 31, 2017Read More
By: Jeff Katz – Nov. 2016 For well over a year, we’ve been told that America would make history on November 8, 2016. We’d be going to the polls and…
November 30, 2016Read More
By: Jeff Katz – October, 2016 It seems that every Presidential election is accompanied by hyperbolic statements like it’s the most important election in our history or this election will…
October 21, 2016Read More
By: Jeff Katz – Sept. 2016 While Hillary Clinton continues on her lifelong quest to become President of the United States, the rest of us are left to ponder just…
September 15, 2016Read More
By: Jeff Katz – August, 2016 A long time ago … in a galaxy far, far away, I was a police officer for a few moments. I was proud to…
August 22, 2016Read More
By: Jeff Katz – July, 2016 The first time I voted in a Presidential election, I was able to vote with a completely clear conscience and with a degree of…
July 27, 2016Read More
By: Jeff Katz – June, 2016 I was asked recently why I hate animals and I must confess I was stunned. I could not understand how anyone could even imagine…
June 26, 2016Read More
By: Jeff Katz – May, 2016 Hollywood types have seemingly never been big fans of Ronald Reagan. They did not like the fact that he had been one of them…
May 24, 2016Read More
By: Jeff Katz – April, 2016 I’m proud to say that Charlie Baker is my governor and my neighbor. I served with him as fellow elected members of Swampscott Town…
April 20, 2016Read More
By: Jeff Katz: March, 2016 I was just putting the finishing touches on my column about the current electoral scene. A helping of Super Tuesday, dash of Trump, sprinkle of Clinton…
March 29, 2016Read More
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