I first met Pete Seaver in the fall of 1960. He was a Bowdoin College classmate and fraternity brother (Zeta Psi). We even lived in the same dormitory (Appleton Hall) our freshman year. We’ve remained good friends ever since. A few months ago, Pete sent me an essay about his experiences in Vietnam. I was […]

“Give me that old-time religion, give me that old-time religion…” I can still hear classmate Ronald Bright launching into an impromptu performance of that traditional Gospel song. I haven’t seen Ronald in nearly 50 years, but I wonder what he would think about the “new-time” spiritual trend I discovered via Business Insider. (Side note: if […]

When he was told he had only weeks to live, his response was telling. He was calm and at peace. At 82, he told his children, he had lived much longer than he expected. He had fought in World War II, after all — the “big one” as he called it. He had survived four […]

For some people, November 5, 2024, was one of the greatest days in American history. Others may well remember it as a day that will live in political infamy. Regardless, the 2024 presidential election is over, and Donald Trump has been reelected as the 47th president of the United States. And if people are honest […]

For Democrats and their weeping soulmates in liberal media, it’s “Mourning in America.” Not morning – M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G. But for those of us who voted for Donald Trump, today feels like the opening line of my father’s famous TV campaign commercial – “It’s morning again in America.” The message of Ronald Reagan’s 1984 ad – considered […]

Did the term “bucket list” become popular because of that wonderful 2007 movie called “The Bucket List” with those two charmers Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson? No, but that film brought the expression into today’s vernacular. It stems from the phrase “kick the bucket,” which means to die, so it easily goes from that to […]

These days, we typically see Maine shoppers hauling their purchases in reusable bags. Many of us began doing so in summer 2021, when Maine banned plastic carry-out bags meant for one-time use. While a January 2024 study shows that similar bans across the country have cut single-use plastic bag consumption significantly, many reusable shopping bag […]