Ostriches. They have got to fascinate, don’t they? Amazing fabulous birds, mean, beautiful, dangerous, stunning and of course, gigantic! I won’t pretend I know all about them, but I did do some reading and here’s the skinny on ostriches, or everything you’d ever want to know. Are you aware that those guys can weigh 330 […]

His poll lead has evaporated, his foe Joe has abdicated, his veep choice is a national joke, the ascendent opposition ticket is kicking his capacious rear, and with each passing day it seems more likely cornered old criminal Donald Trump will spend his remaining golden years fighting to stay out of jail. How’s he holding […]

Editor’s note: This column is an except from Tom Purcell’s book, “Misadventures of a 1970s Childhood.” The MSNBC.com article said that kids raised in the ‘50s, ’60s and ’70s are survivors. We survived chain-smoking adults, meat-and-potato diets and rough-and-tumble fearlessness of every kind — such as the bike jump that nearly killed me in 1972. It […]

Arising from humble roots in the 1960s, the American ecology movement has evolved into a big business. It now brings in billions annually to fight against global progress and economic development. It’s been poisoned by its success. From the big groups like Greenpeace, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Sierra Club to local organizations that […]

Thanks to Lori-Suzanne Dell’s recent article on the Brunswick Mall, more people have a better sense of how people shaped and maintained that lovely place. I’d like to offer another layer that includes the history of Wabanaki. Their name, which means People of the Dawnland, includes the Abenaki, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq and Maliseet nations. How […]

The idea, which originated in professional sports in the 1960s, soon spread to politics. The theory is that momentum influences how people vote. Winning begets winning. In this year’s presidential race, we may see momentum. That’s because the 100-day campaign is much shorter than it has been in more than half a century. President Biden’s […]