Archives: April 2010
The Grass is Greener
Eating grass is what cows have always done — that is, until farmers started feeding them mostly corn after WW II. But now the age-old way of feeding cattle is gaining ground — or, rather, re-gaining it — because it’s good for both the well-being of the animals and the health of the benefactors (that’s us meat-eaters). OK — true…
Name Game
Would a Granite Stater by any other name smell as sweet? If you hail from the great state of Texas you are known as a “Texan.” If you are from the upper peninsula of Michigan you are called a “Yooper.” A person from Ohio is a “Buckeye” and a native of Costa Rica is festively called a “Tico.” If you…
Bronze Bomber – Scotty Lago
A little over a month ago most people in New Hampshire would have struggled to identify 22-year-old Scotty Lago in a picture. Now the Olympic snowboard half-pipe bronze medalist has one of the most recognizable faces — or abs, depending on how you look at it — in the country. Lago took the competition by storm in Vancouver, throwing down…
History Imagined
What happened to Louisa May Alcott in Walpole?In the summer of 1855 the Alcott family, including 22-year-old Louisa May, were forced to move to Walpole, N.H., due to poverty — a kind family member’s charity gave them a rent-free home in the small rural town. Those few historical facts are nearly all that is known about Alcott’s life in Walpole…
Knowing the Score
Don’t pull a Martha Coakley and be clueless about the home team.Six years ago I drove to Warner to meet a Congressional candidate for lunch — an environmental activist who authored a book on how the federal government should substitute the income tax for a pollution tax.I prepared myself for a deep conversation on policy.I ordered a Reuben sandwich and…
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