A new year, the same questions.
Conspiracy theories are how half-witted dingbats comprehend the world. That’s what I thought, until the Epstein Files saga done change my mind.
Last week, President Donald Trump ordered the firing of 12 cruise missiles at a site in the Nigerian state of Sokoto under the guise of protecting Christians from terrorist attacks. Typical of Trump, the justification was misleading, untrue and a blunder of significant proportions. To unders…
The development of annual calendars, millennia ago, can be credited with many of the benefits enjoyed by modern society, including our lavish lifestyles. Our flourishing Western economy, for example, depends on consumers feeling periodically pressured to buy truckloads of presents for Christ…
MONTREAL — Michael Finnerty finally has woken up. His awakening is a lesson for us all — in personal struggle and purpose, in renewal and redemption.
All’s Fair in Love and Tug of War
Let’s celebrate all the good that can shine forth following our bleakest moments. The loss of Jayson Tatum has enabled former benchwarmers for the Celtics to thrive. The miserable performance of the quarterbacks who followed Tom Brady’s departure brought the Patriots the superb Drake Maye. D…
Except for one visit to snowbound Davis Hill at the age of seven months, I spent most of my first five years in climes that ranged between too warm and scorching. Not until the end of those five years did my father send my mother and me north, to test whether we could survive a winter in the…
Cannabis Re-Scheduling
In preparation for the Tuesday, Dec. 23, Bartlett School Board meeting, I watched the most recent Valley Vision recording and was struck to see a community member told she did not have the right to speak about why Josiah Bartlett Elementary School lost yet another school nurse.
MONTREAL — Time for a holiday-season break from the divisions of the day. Surely you can read about war, protests, economic strains, cultural disputes, AI, cryptocurrency, the White House ballroom and Donald Trump elsewhere.
It is past time for the Bartlett School Board to focus on what is best for our students and provide school choice at the high school level.
About a decade ago, a Conway School Board member who had tired of hearing complaints from the public challenged critics to run for election to the board and try to effect the changes they desired. That clever political putdown deliberately overlooked the subtle impediments that now effective…
I’m sure my friend Bill Marvel would agree that he would never join any political party that would have him. But there was a time, back in 2008, when Bill gathered with us Democrats to drink beer and watch the election returns. Bill had dedicated the prior eight years to excoriating George W…
PORTLAND, Maine — An entrenched senator distrusted by both parties. A governor born just 18 months after 79-year-old Donald Trump. An oyster farmer who for years walked around with a Nazi symbol tattoo. Anti-gay remarks in a state generally regarded as welcoming to LGBTQ+ people. Pockets of …
The weekend after Thanksgiving, Scott and I went to our local tree farm to enjoy hot mulled cider and to cut our tree. Last year I learned a valuable lesson: ‘tis better to push than to pull. This year’s felling was without incident, and as we erected and festooned said tree, I had reason to…