Are you there, Angus? It’s me, God. I’m getting in touch, Sen. King, because, even though I’m supposed to be all-knowing, I’m totally flummoxed by your effort to impose taxes on one of my most cherished institutions. It has come to my divine attention that you’re attempting to persuade your colleagues in Congress to repeal […]
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LETTERS TO MYSELF: Debt reaches crisis mode
Times are hard out there. We are in a time of economic crisis, a time of austerity, a time where poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer at a faster pace than any other time in recent U.S. history. During all of this, the situation has greatly affected college students, who are […]
LETTERS TO MYSELF: Debt reaches crisis mode
Times are hard out there. We are in a time of economic crisis, a time of austerity, a time where poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer at a faster pace than any other time in recent U.S. history. During all of this, the situation has greatly affected college students, who are […]
ON THE RIGHT LANE: Just another manic Monday
“These are the days when you wish your bed was already made.” Lyrics from “Manic Monday” by the Bangles I now know why the saying “into every life a little rain must fall” came to me about a week ago and unfortunately it turned into a monsoon season. I thought I had successfully completed my […]
ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS: Looking at the generations, from ‘Lost’ to boomers to ‘i’
It seems like all we hear about are the baby boomers – born from 1946-1964. There are more of them than any other group, they’re the ones who are going to cause the American economy to see overwhelming changes and there are television programs, magazines and numerous news articles focused on this group. They get […]
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: A chilling truth about tomatoes
I don’t spend a lot of time wondering what the average entomologist is thinking from one minute to the next, and I doubt if entomologists spend much time wondering about my thoughts. But recently I did see something in the paper that got me to thinking about people who think about bugs. Only a state […]
DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE: A chilling truth about tomatoes
I don’t spend a lot of time wondering what the average entomologist is thinking from one minute to the next, and I doubt if entomologists spend much time wondering about my thoughts. But recently I did see something in the paper that got me to thinking about people who think about bugs. Only a state […]
LETTERS TO MYSELF: Student debt reaches crisis mode
Times are hard out there. We are in a time of economic crisis, a time of austerity, a time the where poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer at a faster pace than any other time in recent U.S. history. During all of this, the situation has greatly affected college students, who […]
LIFE IN THE SUBURBS: Don’t love them to death
Okay, here we go again. I will get into trouble for this column. It raises the annual question of Scarborough’s adolescent boys, how we treat them, what we expect of them, and what they will become. Scarborough is a fabulous town in which to raise a girl. Opportunities great. Resources great. Encouragement great. Expectations high. […]
POLITICS & OTHER MISTAKES: Awful sound
There’s still time for the Maine Legislature to take action to prevent another tragedy like the one that hit the state in 2010. Representatives and senators of all ideologies must unite behind an emergency bill to preserve what little integrity remains in our political system. They should pass a law making it illegal for gubernatorial […]