A young doctor in Boston gave up his plans for a lucrative career in oncology, and instead built a health care program that serves the city’s residents experiencing chronic unsheltered homelessness. His story, and those of his patients, are told in Tracy Kidder’s inspiring new book “Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Urgent Mission to Bring […]

So, our federal government limps along, thanks to last-minute shenanigans and temper tantrums by Congress. At least for the next 45 days. Yet U.S. aid to embattled Ukraine is held hostage by the Russophile House Republicans. Why? Trump’s enormous financial debt to Putin for installing him in power in 2016 is finally revealing its historical […]

Sometimes I am left scratching my head over human made products that are so weird, sometimes stupid, often so painful to use that one wonders why they were ever invented in the first place. They leave me wondering if the inventors of these things hated humans. Those very questions always roll through my mind every […]

Do you ever feel lonely? If so, welcome to the club. Most people are lonely from time to time. For many people, it is a chronic condition that affects not just their mental state but also their physical condition. Some experts have reported that loneliness can be as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day […]

Democracy is breaking out all across the country. Not representative democracy, the hallmark of the Republic, but the original version – direct democracy. That’s when people themselves decide, legislating in place of their elected representatives. In Maine and other New England states, many local governments use the Town Meeting, the people’s legislature. That kind of […]