Alden Graves The state of Maine seems to have a fondness for naming towns after mills, at least in Stephen King’s vivid imagination. Chester’s Mill, the site of his new book, "Under the Dome"(Scribner, 1,088 pages), isn’t very far from Tarker’s Mill. Some of you may recall the trouble in Tarker’s Mill a while back.   Full Story

Republicans and others having a field day attacking President Obama right now as he struggles with multiple crises he had little to do with creating, might check some of the commentary Ronald Reagan endured as he approached his second presidential election. During the early 1980s, the economy had tanked nearly as completely as it has today, and Democrats were beside themselves over the   Full Story

Just another outrage from insurance industry You wouldn’t think this could possibly be true in a civilized country, but in eight states and the District of Columbia a victim of domestic violence can legally be denied health care insurance. That’s right, in North and South Carolina, North and South Dakota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington, D.   Full Story