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Interview produces no smoking gun

A little blue-haired 83-year old lady motorist is stopped by a state trooper for speeding. The trooper asks her why she's in such a hurry. more

By Kent Ward | 3/13/10 | 113 views

A trifecta of signs of springtime

Most anyone acquainted with the diabolical handiwork of the weather gods of New England knows that to anticipate an early spring is to practically guarantee that the mother of all snowstorms will … more

By Kent Ward | 3/6/10 | 262 views

Summing up the D.C. summit

Thursday's bipartisan summit on health care in Washington may not have been as volatile as a summit involving Latin American and Caribbean countries earlier this week in Mexico, where the president … more

By Kent Ward | 2/27/10 | 804 views

Poor health and language afflictions

A man who is probably not a Rhodes scholar sticks up a bank in Alaska after first giving the teller his name, account number and ID with photo. more

By Kent Ward | 2/20/10 | 251 views

We always remember the zingers

In her televised address to the Tea Party’s national convention at Nashville last weekend, 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin expertly zinged the Obama administration, only to subsequently commit a gaffe that neutralized the impact of her remark. more

By Kent Ward | 2/13/10 | 707 views

Entertainment in finding grammatical errors

In the frigid doldrums of winter, when the entertainment value of listening to the basement furnace kick in and watching the heating budget go up in smoke gets old, I fill the void by jotting down strange things I have heard on radio or television and clipping weird grammatical constructions from the morning newspaper. more

By Kent Ward | 2/6/10 | 377 views

Prime-time ‘diss’ for the justices

An interesting take on the traditional State of the Union message delivered each January by the president to Congress and a national television audience came from Peter Robinson, a speechwriter for … more

By Kent Ward | 1/30/10 | 474 views

Next comes a mob with pitchforks

To no one’s surprise, political pundits were all over the board in attempting to explain Republican Scott Brown’s spectacular game-changing victory in Tuesday’s special Massachusetts election … more

By Kent Ward | 1/23/10 | 736 views

It’s beg your pardon time as politicos trip over lips

Two stories on the same page of the Tuesday morning newspaper suggested a couple of things to readers: 1) The double standard in politics remains alive and well; and 2) Politicians operating with no adult supervision can sure say some dumb things. more

By Kent Ward | 1/16/10 | 765 views

Saluting seasoned Mainers

Five remarkable can-do seasoned citizens of Maine who rate a New Year’s toast for reminding us that age is but a state of mind: Peg Cousins, 84, East Millinocket. A Chinese proverb suggests that … more

By Kent Ward | 1/9/10 | 440 views