This is being written before the election, but appearing after it, leaving me in the gray zone most of us have inhabited throughout the pandemic – now dragging on into another winter. Prolonged uncertainty is hard to bear, but the “certainties” some of us have decided on are far worse, distorting the world’s politics, and […]

November has arrived and things are going to really get hairy now. Every November, two charitable organizations I like, Movember and No-Shave November, raise funds by encouraging people to not cut or shave their hair. Movember began in Australia in 2003 when two friends joked about bringing back the mustache (or “mo”) as a male fashion trend. Inspired […]

Last Tuesday night was our sixth wedding anniversary, so we decided to celebrate at one of our favorite restaurants — Montsweag Restaurant in Woolwich. The two of us went through the Falmouth school system together for 13 years, then didn’t see each other until 45 years later when a reunion brought us together. We did […]

Democrats on Capitol Hill may not be directly taking their cues from the legendary Carthaginian military leader Hannibal, but as moderates and progressives fell on each other last week over President Joe Biden’s watered-down domestic spending plan, it sure felt that way. A bit of history: On a fine August day in 216 B.C., hours […]