By Michael Kaufman
We don’t need polls that can’t possibly tell us anything about the outcome of an election held five months from now. Too many things can and will happen between now and then to influence the results. But that doesn’t mean we don’t need any polls

By Shawn Dell Joyce
Leave the car in the driveway, don your bike helmet, and take a two-wheeled ride downtown.

By Jeffrey Page
Did Mitt call a news conference and proclaim “This ruling stinks?” He did not. Did he call a news conference and proclaim, “The court should be commended?” He did not.

By Bob Gaydos
Obama spared 800,000 young people the fear of deportation. Republicans cried, “Politics!” That makes it a good move on two fronts.

By Emily Theroux
Mitt Romney, according to Rich Lowry, exhibits a “great allergy to specifics and details.” The man can’t seem to answer a simple question.

By Shawn Dell Joyce
Tuck a dampened hanky into your cleavage. It is very cooling and keeps sweat from running down your chest.

By Jeffrey Page
In Middleborough, Mass., there’s no official list of banned words. A dirty word is what a police officer on duty says it is.

DE COLORES! – Not all rainbows are dreams.

By Michael Kaufman
With money you can pay for cleverly twisted ads to convince working people that other working people’s pensions and benefits are why they are having trouble making ends meet.

By Jean Webster
Life went on. The kids went off. We left New York to spend the years in Maine.