I think work is inherently valuable, and I think its value needs to be taught early in life, like many things. We learn better when we’re younger. Those lessons stick with us, become more of who we are. I’m pleased when I see young people in their teens and 20s working hard and being responsible. […]

Maine’s de facto summer came to an end for school-aged students and their teachers this week. Most are still traumatized by the realization there will be 10 long, cold, dark months of homework, squabbling with boyfriends and/or girlfriends, raking leaves, cleaning gutters, shoveling snow, clearing brush, pulling weeds, taking out trash, and enduring various other […]

Although the leaves have yet to start changing color and the temperatures are still relatively warm, it’s about to become fall in York County. High school football is starting back up with countable games this Friday night, and that officially means the seasons have changed and summer is gone. Last year was a fall to […]

Thumbs up to the long-awaited resolution of the leadership at the Market Basket chain of grocery stores. Although the first Maine store opened in Biddeford just a year ago, the impact was felt far beyond the city’s borders here in southern Maine. This was apparent from the many customers who were happy to return to […]

It’s Sunday in Spain and time for lunch. The small town of Riofrio, about an hour from the Mediterranean coast, is famous for the trout that are raised here in large concrete ponds. Families from all over Andalusia crowd into a dozen different restaurants. Ours is the only table set for two. Many hold three […]

Game management ”“ for all game ”“ is something that should be handled on a scientific/factual basis at the state level by whatever means they deem necessary. Be it with hounds, bait, trapping, etc., if it’s what needs to be done and it’s effective in managing a population, then it should not be altered. By […]

One thing an old Ivy League revolutionary can’t stand is people noticing that he represents the Establishment. That he embodies the System to a point where he can make it stop and make it go. He will go to great lengths to convince himself, if not others, this is not so. Take Eric H. Holder […]

Lawyers will tell you that any good prosecutor could convince a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. Well, meet that ham sandwich: Governor Rick Perry. He’s a real ham ”“ only not as smart. A Texas grand jury indicted Perry, charging the Republican with official abuse of power. Specifically, he’s accused of threatening to […]