I was out of broccoli. The one thing I cannot do without! By the way, people who do not like broccoli are NOT to be trusted.

Pssst….come here…guess what? We're winning the war in Iraq. How do I know? Because no one is talking about it… not the newspapers, not the nightly news, not the Democrats, not even the deranged Bush bashers.

Columnist Anne Palumbo reacts to unexpected Mothers Day gift.

Columnist Todd Carges  on quotes by presidential candidates Condaleeza Rice and others.

Here in North Attleborough, taking the dog for a walk on a sunny day, well, sometimes the moment is so peaceful that I almost expect the birds and chipmunks to start singing Disney tunes.

A couple of days ago I bought some candy from a convenience store and, when the cashier handed me my change, I almost handed it back to her. I thought she had given me Monopoly money when I saw the giant purple five on the back of the bill.

The plain white business envelope was tucked into the large manila envelope enclosed with this week's edition of the Free Press. I get any snail mail sent to the office this way.

There's nothing quite like a good swing set. Even these days, though I can't boast about my height, at 5'2" it's somewhat comforting to find my feet dragging in the dust on a local playground swing set. And though the creaking of the chain joints might call out to me "Spare me, spare me," nothing can stop me from testing my limits on a strong swing.

I'm going to take this opportunity in this space today to blatantly stump for a couple of things very dear to my heart.

The first is the Preliminary Election here in North Attleborough next Tuesday from 12 to 8 p.m. at the high school.

Voter fraud has always been a threat to our Representative Republic. Preserving the sanctity of the right to vote should be one of our highest priorities.    Right now the Supreme Court is hearing a case that will have a significant impact on our ability to protect our Republic from voter fraud in the future.

Ever observe the fishermen in your family during winter? They do things like taking their fishing gear out, lubricate the reel, changing the hooks on their lures, looking at the calendar, counting the days until spring. They say things like "Where is global warming when you need it?"
I remember sitting in the living room with my dad. We would be reading and exchanging magazines like Field & Stream, Outdoor Life and Sports Afield. The magazines are still around but their contents have changed through the years. They were serious magazines on hunting and fishing, now it's anything goes like snowboarding.

They say it's location, location, location.  But I think perception is much more important.
Poverty Flats is in sort of a valley, or perhaps out West it would be called a “pass,” as in “Head them off at the pass!”

The news of local resident Ed Lambert’s passing probaby stung all who knew him with the same sense of grief.
In the short time I was acquainted with Ed Lambert, I learned quick what kind of man he was, there was little, if any, mystery, to the man.

The news of local resident Ed Lambert’s passing probaby stung all who knew him with the same sense of grief.

Voter fraud has always been a threat to our Representative Republic. Preserving the sanctity of the right to vote should be one of our highest priorities.  

Ever observe the fishermen in your family during winter? They do things like taking their fishing gear out, lubricate the reel, changing the hooks on their lures, looking at the calendar, counting the days until spring. They say things like "Where is global warming when you need it?"

They say it's location, location, location.  But I think perception is much more important.

Okay, I'll admit it. There is climate change, and it happens everyday. In fact, there has been climate change every day since the earth was born. I will even admit that the earth is in a period of slight warming. What I won't admit, however, is that this warming is caused by human activity or that it is a crisis, and I am far from alone. Why then do many of us think that we are in the midst of a Global Warming crisis and that we are the cause? Last week, we looked at how the media propagates such myths. This week, let's look at how money and ideology fuel the climate crisis machine.

This is a happy ending story about a cat. I say this at the outset because I tend to avoid all stories about animals if there is even the whiff of a horrible end concerning an animal. Animals are precious souls which we have the honor to serve and care for. The other truth about animals is that they are actually pretty self sufficient and most of the time they allow us to seem to care for them to make us feel good.

Just last week, the world was shaken by the resolve of a New York City tourist who flung himself onto subway tracks to recover--not his asthmatic spouse's inhaler, or his toddler that had wandered over the platform lip, or a winning lottery ticket that could finally afford that lung transplant--but, his iPhone. He did this despite the dangerous risk of oncoming trains, electrocution by third rail, bite by large city rats, the contraction of a communicable disease, or, perhaps most harrowing, arrest by NYPD.
In the wake of this incident, the young tourist has been labeled an idiot, a zealot, and a perfect example of the tech generation.