Today’s Highlight in History On March 29, 1943, World War II rationing of meat, fats and cheese began, limiting consumers to store purchases of an average of about two pounds a week for beef, pork, lamb and mutton using a coupon system. (The Associated Press noted, “From the customer viewpoint, the unrationed oasis of food […]

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much. — Amelia Edit Barr, American author and journalist (1831-1919)

The trouble with simplistic political assertions is that even when seemingly stripped of all ambiguity they often defy an intended straightforwardness. Nothing is ever quite as cut and dried as we would like. As Gov. Paul LePage so emphatically yet enigmatically stated in his final State of the State address: “Maine’s got the government they […]

As with many national tragedies (like the death of Courage, the first Thanksgiving turkey pardoned by President Obama, and the discontinuation of Crystal Pepsi), we all remember where we were when we heard the recent devastating news that Toys “R” Us was closing all of its U.S. stores. I was in the car with my […]