Finny has found a new love — half-ripened blackberries! Who knew geese liked berries? I knew, from trying to feed my favorite feathered friends citrus and apple peelings and other fruity things, that they didn’t like anything sweet. That is, until Finny tried an almost-ripe blackberry. His big, orange beak carefully took the berry from […]
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Par for the Course: Local golf personalities break down British Open
The British Open, which starts Thursday at the Old Course of St. Andrews in Fife, Scotland, has prompted some tri-county golf course personalities to make predictions on the outcome. Their commentary is insightful and humorous. “I know who is not going to win,” Dave Bartasius, who is the head pro at Fairlawn, said, referring to […]
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Leonard Pitts Jr.: President Obama delivers a speech for history
“This whole week,” said President Obama, “I’ve been reflecting on this idea of grace.” That was the turning point of Friday’s eulogy for Clementa Pinckney, the Charleston, S.C., minister who was, with eight of his congregants, murdered by a racist terrorist two weeks ago. It was the moment a memorable speech became a speech for […]
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Robert Samuelson: The next financial crisis?
WASHINGTON — A central economic question of our time is whether the policies undertaken to recover from the last financial crisis are laying the groundwork for the next. We now have two reports from reputable groups suggesting just that. The first comes from the Bank for International Settlements, which was created in 1930 to handle […]
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Froma Harrop: Obama’s lonely road of political battles
Americans were perilously close to losing their right to health care when the Supreme Court offered a reprieve. Few were more grateful than the conservative politicians who had been railing against the Affordable Care Act while praying they would not have to face the political consequences of its collapse. For progressives, guaranteed health coverage is […]
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Rich Lowry: The Southern lie
It is telling that the South Carolina governor who called for the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the state Capitol is a woman, an Indian-American — and a Republican. The rush to efface the Confederate symbol from the South in the wake of the Charleston shootings, with Gov. Nikki Haley […]
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David Sirota: How the TPP gives corporations special legal rights
In promoting a proposed trade pact covering 12 Pacific Rim nations, President Obama has cast the initiative as an instrument of equity. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would, in his words, “level the playing field” and “give our workers a fair shot.” But critics argue that within the hundreds of pages of esoteric provisions, the deal — […]
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The Hot Corner: Senior moments trigger full range of emotion
For all the days, nights, concession-stand meals and deadline drama that we devote to the basketball tournament and football championship Saturday, there’s no time of year so rewarding as the months of May and June. You chuckle, because maybe I’m just guilty of being glad the season is almost over, and that I can work […]
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The Hot Corner: Red Sox shortcomings no big deal, for now
Are they good, or do they stink out loud? That is the question. OK, perhaps that query lacks the Shakespearean, roll-off-the-tongue appeal to catch on. For our purposes, it conveys the point, which is that April has been a month of mixed reviews for the Red Sox. Heading into Sunday’s finale at Camden Yards (it’s […]
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The Hot Corner: Maine youth sports calendar needs some work
Can’t vouch for any scientific method of quantifying it, but I’m certain I’ve heard multiple mental health professionals proclaim March “the most depressing month to live in Maine.” Most of us didn’t require such a revelation, of course. I celebrated Friday’s alleged first day of spring by thawing a frozen pipe underneath my kitchen sink. […]