Presidential hopeful and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s veto of a bill in 2013 and again in 2014, that would have prohibited adult pigs in gestation cages so small that pigs cannot even turn around was thought to be a political ploy to curry favor with the agricultural lobby in Iowa’s presidential caucus in anticipation […]

It is entirely too much to ask members of Congress to fix our nation’s broken campaign finance system. They are, after all, utterly beholden to it. Our elected officials depend on a vast universe of corporations, labor unions and wealthy individuals to finance their campaigns, and many believe that money has corrupted the political process […]

As we keep trying to dig ourselves out of the massive amounts of snow we’ve had so far this winter, I’d like to thank those who work so hard to keep our roads safe. It is not an easy job, particularly in a winter like we’ve had. I would also (as I’m sure would many […]

YOLO! That’s slang for “You only live once,” and the phrase was popularized by the rapper Drake in his 2011 hit song “The Motto.” (We had to look that one up.) It was also used by the president of the United States to end a recent video produced by the website BuzzFeed. His main purpose […]

Sometimes I change people’s names to protect the innocent. Sometimes I do it just for the creative freedom; calling someone “Pimplejuice” five times in rapid succession gives me that old thrill I thought I’d lost when I stopped shooting spitballs at teachers’ desks in middle school. When they say “It’s the simple pleasures,” they’re not […]

The Caledonian Record of St. Johnsbury (Vt.), Feb 12: President Obama and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler are making another bid to take over the Internet through “net neutrality” regulation and rulemaking fiat. The FCC says it must have power over Internet and cable companies (ISP’s) to prevent them from discriminating against certain data, […]

The Boston Globe, Feb. 10: The pain that Jordanians feel after the brutal murder of downed fighter pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh by Islamic State militants in Syria is one that, after the beheading of James Foley and Steven Sotloff, Americans can relate to. Jordan is a crucial ally in the fight against ISIS, and the best […]