Atlantis found? (so far, no Ramtha)

A sunken Greek city, first discovered 40 years ago, is finally being surveyed with modern technology, and it's a very likely candidate, considering when the sea overran it, for being Homer's Atlantis. How cool is that? The site covers around 30,000 square...

Love and Sadness

There are three kinds of autumn days I find most poignant: those chilled blowy days when leaves are swirling and I feel tossed around as those wisps of color; cloudy days when grey sky offsets jewel colored leaves all the more brilliantly as if from darkness the...

More Questions About 1550 Main

Last Friday’s press conference announcing that MassDevelopment has finalized its purchase of the former federal courthouse at 1550 Main St. was, presumably, an effort to inject some positive momentum into City Hall’s plan to move the School Department...

Right-wing Radio's Sexist Attacks

Maine’s two senators are ladies. They are also Republican. So when Sen. Olympia Snowe voted for the health care reform bill, saying, “When history calls, history calls,” and Sen. Susan Collins cast approval on health care reform, the attacks made by...