As a resident of Belgrade and as a retired aquatic scientist on water quality and fisheries issues, I am writing to express my concern about L.D. 1853, a bill that would weaken protection for water quality and fish habitat when metal mines are permitted.

If it weren’t for our relatives we might never have to be in the company of people we didn’t like.

The theoretical foundation for the policy of stimulating the economy by government expenditures (i.e. by “stimulus”) is John Maynard Keynes’s “General Theory of Employment Interest and Money” (1936).

The first lady is getting kids to move; Rachael Ray is bringing more fruit, vegetables and whole grains to school cafeterias; and the NFL is asking kids to spend an hour each day doing what they do best — playing.

WASHINGTON — Just before his speech Wednesday to the American Society of News Editors, word emerged that Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney would not allow photographers to get closer than 150 feet while he spoke.

It isn’t unusual for President Barack Obama to blame conservatives for opposing his plans, but it is odd for him to identify their views with a putative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court (which has to include Justice Anthony Kennedy, no conservative’s idea of a right-wing ideologue).

I know that many more important things are happening. But I have to say, I’m shaken by the news that James Bond will be drinking a Heineken in the next film.