Is Bernie Sanders pulling Hillary Clinton to the Left? No, for the same reason a canoe doesn’t pull an aircraft carrier. The Vermont socialist running in the Democratic presidential race is currently at 7.4 percent in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls, versus Clinton’s 64.2 percent. Clinton is in fact moving leftward on issues like […]

The Norwich Bulletin (Conn.), May 19: On May 20 ”“ or, rather, in the wee hours of May 21, the time at which insomniacs and odd-shift workers are most accustomed to spending time with him ”“ David Letterman signed off of “The Late Show” for the last time. He will take with him cutting wit, […]

Attention landscapers, farmers, gardeners, water districts and firewardens, New England and all of the Midwest are very likely to experience a drought, starting now and lasting off and on, for the next two or more years. There is a well established 17.2 year cycle of drought and conversely wet periods. The most recent dry cycle […]

This Memorial Day, with David Letterman retiring the week before the holiday and the recent death of legendary bluesman B.B. King, I began to think about ways to honor our servicemen and women beyond the traditional parades and prayers of Memorial Day weekend. Both King and Letterman took part in USO-sponsored tours overseas to entertain […]

As we wind down the legislative session in Augusta, one of the major issues still left on the docket is welfare reform. The Health and Human Services Committee, where such legislation is first considered, is one of the busiest committees in the Legislature and deals with many detailed, nuanced proposals. With dozens of welfare reform […]

The Republican of Springfield (Mass.), May 13: “You’ve got voicemail.” Verizon is planning to purchase AOL for some $4.4 billion. One can well imagine that there were plenty of folks at both companies mimicking the voice of America Online’s “You’ve got mail” announcement that was, for a time back in the go-go ”˜90s, virtually synonymous […]

The Democrats may be their own worst problem. The party has considerable advantages according to recent national polls, but, at best, it comes across with a somewhat blurred image and, at worst, as pursing a version of liberalism that has limited appeal. Yet surveys show that most Americans agree with what is usually considered Democratic […]