Cellphone use has exploded in popularity over the past 20 years, to the point where almost everyone now has one and land lines have become less common. As that customer base increases, so too does the demand for high-quality service so there are fewer dropped calls and instances of poor reception. To meet that demand, […]

The political pundits are running wild. Recent primary elections have produced some unexpected results, unleashing cosmic speculation about the future of American politics. Most of their supposed insights, which could condition voters’ behavior, is likely to turn out to be completely wrong. A lot of the “wisdom” results from the Republican primary in a single […]

A cartoon drawn by Marty Bucella going around Facebook these days depicts an overweight man on a scale with his doctor. “No, it’s not water,” the doctor says. “You seem to be retaining food.” That was me. Yes, it’s true, I write about food. And I generally do eat a healthy diet made up of […]

Let’s talk about the swap of the “Gitmo Five” for the deserter, Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. During the most recent House Armed Services Committee hearing over the “Gitmo Five” prisoner swap, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., asked Secretary of Defense Church Hagel about the legality of the decision to move forward without getting congressional approval for […]

Although the Maine Department of Health and Human Services has finally announced it ended its contract with the Alexander Group, the state is still out nearly $240,000 and the department is maintaining there was “value contained in the content that was produced” in the group’s report, according to a statement from the department. The state’s […]

What a difference time makes. Twenty years ago, I hated school with a murderous passion, a byproduct of the manufactured pathos only a middle-schooler can muster. Now school kids make me jealous. If it wasn’t illegal, insane and morally reprehensible, I’d find an eighth-grader and karate chop him in the kidneys. But that’s just because […]

The favorite term to describe Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s primary loss to an unknown was “Earthquake!?” The New York Time’s 2012 election-predictor guru Nate Silver ”“ now with his own firm ”“ even produced graphs comparing all 3.5 or higher Southern California earthquakes since 1999 to House incumbent loses in primaries since 2010. […]