Boy, Dick Cheney's really gone downhill

Lose the presidential gig, and things really go south. The above-pictured fellow is accused of putting pipe bombs in mailboxes because he’s angry at the government. (So no, it’s not Dick Cheney, but nobody’s seen them both at the same time, either.)...

Remembering

Over the years (of long winters) living in New England, spring has become my favorite season. We’ve had a couple of springs in recent years that have kind of hovered, cool springs, springs that preserved the relatively early flowers for longer than usual. I...
Wellness: Cell-ing Out Our Health?

Wellness: Cell-ing Out Our Health?

It’s been one of the most visible technological revolutions since the coming of the automobile: the liberation of telephones from stationary land lines to mobile models; the proliferation of hand-held phones in workplaces, in homes and on the street; the...
StageStruck: Jesus' Farewell Tour

StageStruck: Jesus' Farewell Tour

Back in the day, before Andrew Lloyd Webber got lush, he and the under-appreciated Tim Rice wrote a tuneful rock opera with the cheeky title Jesus Christ, Superstar. It had all the life-and-death anguish, impassioned arias and massed choristers of grand opera, set to...