A haiku for Girl Scout cookie season
Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies l Photo: commons.wikimedia.org Teenage boys swoop down Perpetually hungry Thin Mints disappear
View ArticleIn polarized times, who do we politically despise?
In the song “National Brotherhood Week” Tom Lehrer rhapsodized, “It’s fun to eulogize those we despise.” “All of my folks hate all of your folks. It’s American as apple pie.” A new, extensive Pew study...
View ArticleFewer Mainers were born in Maine. What does that mean politically?
Maine is changing, with a population that has an increasing portion of people in the state who moved to Maine. A fabulous set of interactive graphics from the New York Times shows changes in the...
View ArticleThese three images show why aging Maine desperately needs diversity
Maine, the whitest state in the nation, is aging. We have to turn that around. Maine needs younger people to maintain and improve our economy. We’ve heard that for awhile. A new article by Scott...
View ArticleWhat Leonard Nimoy’s rabbi said about him
Nimoy giving the Vulcan salute in 2011 l Photo credit: Beth Madison via Creative Commons After Leonard Nimoy died last week, a lot of people learned that his character Spock’s split finger salute came...
View ArticleYou don’t have to be Jewish to love this awesome Passover Rube Goldberg machine
Seder plate Passover is my favorite Jewish holiday. With the Seder and its emphasis on story-telling and passing along and explaining the rituals, singing, a role for children and a big holiday meal,...
View ArticleFour things Paul LePage and Donald Trump have in common
Donald Trump speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C. on February 10, 2011. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore (Creative Commons) Donald Trump’s rise in the Republican presidential nomination polls has been swift...
View ArticleA Holocaust heroine who saved 2,500 kids: ‘I did so little’
Photo by Jake via Flickr. Available through Creative Commons license. For the steps she took in the face of Nazi hate and power, she’s been called the “female Schindler.” Most likely you’ve never heard...
View ArticleHere’s the proof our planet is still warming
Climate change deniers say there’s been a pause in the heating of our planet. But the data don’t bear that out. Here’s a graph from the Japan Meteorological Society with October data, using the same...
View ArticleHow Kennedy and Reagan answered Christmas fears and hopes
US National Christmas Tree 2008 by White House. Photo by Chris Greenberg (Public domain). Is Santa safe? How is the United States seen around the world? Presidents speak to citizens and the country...
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