During the recent dedication of the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies at Bowdoin, one of my Bowdoin classmates (Class of 1964) recommended a book appropriate to our age group: “Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness.” That book prompted me to write this piece. I invite […]

Even as the school year comes to a close, the Brunswick Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BBPAC) is focused on providing “safe routes to school” or SRTS. According to the US Department of Transportation, a SRTS program promotes walking and biking to school through infrastructure improvements, enforcement, tools, safety education, and incentives to walk and […]

There have been so many Chris Christies that I need to number them. Chris Christie 1.0, during the winter of 2015-16, mocked the notion that a reality-TV host had the credentials to lead the nation: “It’s all make believe, if you think that (Trump’s tinsel stardom) forms the experience to run a government as complicated […]