Our welfare system is hurting the very people it’s supposed to help. And I believe, I’m ashamed to say, that most of us know it. We’re raising another generation of people who think we owe them whatever they want (not need). The result is that they are being cheated out of self-respect, dignity and the […]

As the pressure to take action against Iran increases, we should consider the possibility that military action will produce an unwinnable war worse than Vietnam. In all the wars we have ever fought in our history, some element of the population in that country always has been on our side. In Iran, no one is […]

For many years, I have observed how tables are cleaned in restaurants before the next patrons are seated. Only once have I seen a proper cleaning of tables whereby one cloth is used for the table and another one for the seat. I find it offensive to see the wait staff go from the seat […]

Apparently the east-west highway has again emerged from the crypt; this time as a private toll expressway stretching from one Canadian border to the other that promises untold riches for Maine’s north country. What’s not to like? Well, aside from environmental concerns and the costly and cumbersome business of obtaining rights-of-way, there is the small […]