IF YOU CAN READ THIS . . . by Steve Steinbock My two boys and I are in Seattle. While on a half hour drive down I-405 the other night we made an observation: There are fewer bumper stickers in the Pacific Northwest than there are in Maine. It may have been a coincidence, but […]

A READER’S BUCKET LIST by Deborah Elliott-Upton In everyone’s life there are many stories we’re told. We may call them anecdotes1, wishful thinking or out-and-out falsehoods. Sometimes we hear them at family gatherings during the holidays, sometimes read about them in diaries and sometimes they only come to light at funerals. The ultimate short story […]

PATRIOTIC GORE by Rob Lopresti This being the week of the Fourth of July I would like to say a few words about one of our country’s most successful exports. We didn’t invent it, but we have certainly helped spread it around. In fact, this product has become so popular that even countries which objectively […]