The surest way to prevent another Tucson is to stop the distribution of semi-automatic weapons, but lawmakers haven’t had the guts even to have the debate.
2011
Technology Review: Gadgets help golfers shoot for better game
Global positioning systems add features that allow bird’s-eye-view video clips of courses.
Borders books stumbles as publishing races into the future
The chain falls behind in the scramble to introduce electronic book-reading tablets and an online store.
Winning vodka recipe was born in a barn
FREEPORT — Chris Dowe perfected his vodka recipe in a barn near his house, where he fermented potatoes into a wine that could then be distilled into a spirit. He had no choice but to tinker at home — Dowe and his partners were launching a company called Maine Distilleries, and he needed to learn […]
Charles Lawton: Tourism leads Maine out of the recession
I am often asked, “Can’t you say something nice about the economy? Isn’t there some good news out there?” OK, here is some good news — tourism is leading Maine out of the Great Recession! Putting aside the hornet’s nest of what exactly is tourism — that’s a subject for another column — it is […]
The Bottom Line: Maine-made vodka a five-star spirit
Freeport’s Cold River Vodka has won recognition – and fans – since it debuted five years ago.
Personal touch drives success for online crafts
Etsy.com, which includes 6.9 million vendors from 150 countries, logs its biggest month ever in December.
Datebook
Monday TechMaine Web Designers User Group: “Beyond Pretty: Information Architecture and Why You Need It in Your Site Design,” 6 p.m., with Ellen Kanner. University of Southern Maine, Science building, Room 103, Portland. Free and open to the public. For details or to register, visit www.techmaine.com/wdug. Tuesday “Renovate Your Organization: Steps to Creating Lasting Change,” […]
Michelle Singletary: Book offers straight talk on startups
How many times have you dreamed of being your own boss? I’ve certainly been to my share of finance conferences where business owners make the audience of wannabe entrepreneurs long for the time when they can set their own hours or answer to no one but themselves. They glorify business ownership, making people restless to […]
Letters to the editor, Jan. 16, 2011Alfred Nobel no ‘monster’
Letter writer Tony Hammond excoriates Alfred Nobel as a “monster” (“Wrong to name peace prize after inventor of dynamite,” Jan. 2). The truth is a bit more nuanced. Nobel did not discover nitroglycerin (Ascanio Sobrero did in 1847). While Nobel invented dynamite and was an arms manufacturer, a premature obituary (“The merchant of death is […]