In just a few days, I’ll hit the Big Eight-Six. Now that’s a scary one. I never minded the start of other decades of my life, but closing in on the Big Nine-O? Can that be? Will I make it? Hey, I was 19 just a blink ago, the age when my life really began, […]

Libraries are wonderfully sustainable. Borrowing a book from the library rather than buying it saves money (and resources). But did you know that many libraries now lend more than just books, providing a sustainable way to borrow things like tools and appliances? Making it a practice to borrow and lend tools and possessions is a […]

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who had ruled Donald Trump off the ballot, was threatened and swatted. The Maine State House, along with other state capitals, received a bomb scare. The judge handling Trump’s New York fraud trial faced a bomb scare and was swatted. A member of Congress and his children were threatened […]

“I love to cook. And my husband will tell you I’m a good cook,” says Shirley Reese, who coordinates dinners for Tedford Housing’s adult shelter guests on the fourth Monday of each month. Shirley is one of 30 volunteer coordinators in Tedford’s Meal-a-Month (MAM) program, each of whom oversees the preparation of one monthly dinner […]

Joe Biden set out to be the most pro-labor president in memory and succeeded. He became the first president to join a picket line during the epic United Auto Workers strike against the “big three” automakers that the unions won – game, set and match. Donald Trump spoke at a non-union auto parts plant in […]

Get this: Gen Z job applicants are bringing their parents to job interviews, reports the New York Post. As it goes, for several decades America’s children have been over-coddled by their “helicopter parents” — parents who zoom in to resolve any challenge their children may face, even as they become adults. Now they can’t even […]

THE CONVERSATION — Every four years, the Iowa caucuses find new ways to become a problematic part of the presidential nomination process. Democrats have abandoned the Iowa-first tradition, at least for 2024, but Republicans went full speed ahead with the caucuses on Jan. 15, 2024. If they were being honest, most politicians and political experts […]

THE CONVERSATION — The U.S.- and U.K.-led strikes on the rebel Houthi group in Yemen represent a dramatic new turn in the Middle East conflict – one that could have implications throughout the region. The attacks of Jan. 11, 2024, hit around 60 targets at 16 sites, according to the U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command, including in […]

Following months of wrangling over strategy, direction and messaging, President Biden’s campaign brain trust has seemingly settled on a reelection theme — if former President Trump returns to the White House, American democracy and all the inherent freedoms it guarantees will be destroyed. The strategy is founded on the dark belief a Trump presidency will […]