Month: February 2013

E.J. Dionne has written an earnest (not tongue-in-cheek) column in the Washington Post calling on the College of Cardinals to select a nun to be the next pope. He has a decent argument even if the idea seems laughable. I’d...

My daughter has been accepted by the college that was her first choice: Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She is deliriously happy this morning. Now, we have to find the money to pay for her education. Hopefully she will qualify...

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with painting the painting of the 1949 Packard.  I’m using my usual acrylic paints on a large 20×20 inch gallery-wrapped canvas.  The photo that I am...

Currently, the only Republican senators from New England are Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Susan Collins of Maine. The only Republican senator from the Mid-Atlantic is Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. There aren’t any...

Russia sent a couple of nuclear-capable bombers to circle around Guam, forcing us to scramble intercepters. This makes me a little nervous on a day that a meteorite blew up in the Russian sky with more power than the bombs we...