THE BIG WOODS of Pennsylvania, the final holdout state to maintain a flintlock-specific muzzleloader season, are full of tradition and smoke from the day after Christmas until the middle of January.

Container lines deciding to navigate back to the Red Sea is arguably the most important development to watch for in the global shipping market next year. And it’s not a matter of 'if', but 'when'. And ...

There are a million of them. I love them all … until, maybe, I’ve heard them a dozen times in one day. Write to John Pitarresi at 60 Pearl Street, New Hartford, N.Y. 13413 or [email protected].