• Home
The Optimist
Ed Ackerman | GreaterPittstonProgress.com
Menu Close
  • Home

Month: April 2016

Primary colors

April 29, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

A young lady in my 8 a.m. Advertising Theory & Design course left the college about 9:30 Monday morning, right after class, and headed straight to Mohegan Sun Arena where Republication presidential primary candidate Donald Trump was scheduled to speak… Continue Reading →

Donald Trump

That pesky First Amendment

April 26, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Watching Louis C.K. Tuesday on the Charlie Rose Show sent me scurrying to the Internet to read the irreverent comedian’s recent 1400-word rant on Donald Trump. I’m not very political and rarely, if ever, write about politics, or even government… Continue Reading →

Donald Trump and The First Amendment, The First Amendment

The smile and the ‘stache’

April 22, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Within minutes after rising each morning I read the Citizens Voice obituaries on my smart phone. As I wait for them to load, I bless myself, partly as a prayer I will not see the names of anyone I know,… Continue Reading →

Charlie Cupani, Phil Tuhy

Painting with words

April 20, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Save for a few years in the early’90s, I’ve been writing a weekly newspaper column for 32 years, but until I read Kayleigh Demace’s Hughestown News in last Sunday’s Greater Pittston Progress I never knew there was a National Columnists… Continue Reading →

Bill Reel, Columnists, Mike Royko, National Columnists Day, Pete Hamill

Nick Ruggiero, regular guy

April 15, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

As soon as he spotted me, Dr. Nick Ruggiero came bounding off his front porch. I joked that he must have really wanted the Tootsie Roll I was offering, but actually, it was pretty much the way he reacted every… Continue Reading →

Dr. Nick Ruggiero, The Pittston Red Devils

A question of ketchup

April 12, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Do you know the grilled cheese sandwich has its own day? It is April 12. So if you did not celebrate on Tuesday, too late. Its official name is, quite appropriately, National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. Not only am I… Continue Reading →

Grilled cheese, ketchup, National Grilled Cheese Day, steamed clams

Masterful weekend

April 8, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I don’t play golf. Never touched a club. Which seems to surprise, well, everyone. Maybe when I’m too old to run around a tennis court is my flippant response. But when I’m being serious, I readily admit I am in… Continue Reading →

Golf, Master's

On PJs … and tennis shoes

April 5, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Listening to Arianna Huffington on a television program talking about her new book The Sleep Revolution, Transforming Your Life One Night at a Time, got me to thinking about, of all things, my tennis shoes. And my running shoes. And… Continue Reading →

Arianna Huffington, Sleep, Sleeping, The Sleep Revolution

Mission completed

April 1, 2016Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

“He’s my hero,” Gwen Baltusavich Michaels said to everyone who offered condolences at the viewing for her brother Billy who passed away March 25 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. Gwen, who was at her brother’s side every step… Continue Reading →

Bill Baltusavage, Bill Baltusavich, Charlie Mike, Pittston Area Lady Patriots

About the Optimist

Ed Ackerman Ed Ackerman, a consulting editor and columnist for the Greater Pittston Progress, has served the people of Greater Pittston for 48 years, starting in the newspaper field at age 17. The Pittston resident will share his thoughts in this blog and in a weekly column published in the Progress. greaterpittstonprogress.com

RSS Ed Ackerman Columns

  • An error has occurred, which probably means the feed is down. Try again later.

Recent Comments

    Recent Posts

    • Food insecurity? Really?
    • ‘Right’ Aid
    • Ode to comfort food
    • The heart of the matter
    • Like I need another reminder

    Archives

    • February 2021
    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • April 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020
    • January 2020
    • December 2019
    • November 2019
    • October 2019
    • September 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • June 2019
    • May 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • October 2018
    • September 2018
    • August 2018
    • July 2018
    • June 2018
    • May 2018
    • April 2018
    • March 2018
    • February 2018
    • January 2018
    • December 2017
    • November 2017
    • October 2017
    • September 2017
    • August 2017
    • July 2017
    • June 2017
    • May 2017
    • April 2017
    • March 2017
    • February 2017
    • January 2017
    • December 2016
    • November 2016
    • October 2016
    • September 2016
    • August 2016
    • July 2016
    • June 2016
    • May 2016
    • April 2016
    • March 2016
    • February 2016
    • January 2016
    • December 2015
    • November 2015
    • October 2015
    • September 2015
    • August 2015
    • July 2015
    • June 2015
    • May 2015
    • April 2015
    • March 2015
    • February 2015
    • January 2015
    • December 2014
    © 2021 The Optimist. All rights reserved.
    Fashionista by aThemes