When it comes to the issue of debates, perception is often just as crucial as reality and substance. There is no way to codify the fact that Joe Biden’s debate performance last week was nothing short of dismal. The ferocity we witnessed at his State of the Union earlier this year was absent, although his […]

This is a tale of two dates: Nov. 5, 2024, and Jan. 20, 2029. Both matter a lot. The first is Election Day when voters will choose the next president. The second is the last day of the term the next president would serve. The big political story these days is about the inability of […]

As dismay among Democrats began to spread after Joe Biden’s lackluster debate performance, things fell into a familiar pattern. Despite manifest lawbreaking and felony convictions by an ex-president who continues to lie regularly about his loss to Biden in 2020, Republicans wrap themselves ever more tightly around Donald Trump. The peaceful transfer of power is […]

Could you imagine being independent of fossil fuel corporations and power companies, having the freedom to get all the energy you need from your own land? That’s the allure of off-grid solar living. From the humble owner of a camp in the woods with one panel and an old car battery to a millionaire in […]

When my older son David was about 4 years old, we’d take him to Bowdoin College hockey games at the old Dayton Arena. We would let him walk all the way around the packed arena by himself, because he was easy to spot in his bright orange outfit. Can you imagine parents today approving such […]

If you’re bored by the pablum that passes for conversation on sports broadcasts — if, like me, you’re long past fed up with all the cliches and predictable jock jocularity — I urge you to watch (if you haven’t already done so) Reggie Jackson’s soul-baring soliloquy. It was a breath of fresh air to hear […]