Simplicity, simplicity. If I was really practicing it, I would have said it once. I’ve been trying to cut down on the clutter in my life, mostly because I keep stubbing my toes on it. But also because people say it helps you focus on the things that matter. Well, not stubbing my toes matters […]

Brunswick ain’t Lahaina I recently moved away from the Brunswick area after 40 happy years. The day before I started my drive west, I saw the tree carnage on Main Street. It continues. And I am struck by the contrast to Lahaina, Hawaii. The great tree there — which I saw in 2022 — was […]

Donald Trump, the demented felon, is scrambling for something, anything, to slow the Kamala-mentum threatening to engulf him. His current shtick, amplified by his lightweight running mate and his MAGA media enablers, is to assail Harris for failing to chat at length with the press corps he hates. Three weeks into her sudden candidacy, she […]

Let’s have some fun. Let’s compare the best known candidate on the national political scene (Donald Trump) with the least known candidate (Tim Walz, the running mate of Kamala Harris). Let’s start with religion, a big deal in the minds of many American voters. Even though Donald Trump doesn’t go to church or pray or […]