The Mercury Rule Writers Also Ignored Mercury's

Incivility Is A Symptom, Not The Disease. We've Always Had Partisan Conflict In Congress, And We Always Will. Yet When I Worked For A Year (1970-71) On The Staff Of Sen. Ed Muskie Of Maine, This Was A Different Place, More Collegial, More Sensitive To Data, More Concerned About All Of The American People. I Think Because The For-profit Media Prizes Conflict Above Cooperation And Sound Bites Above Analysis, Politicians Have Learned To Adapt To Those Tendencies. Consequently, Our Public Debates Are Dumbed Down As Our Problems Grow More Complex.

Winter In #‎ Maine Is A Time Of Alternating Rest And Frenzied Activity.

President Bush's Mercury Rule Is A Gift To The Big Energy Companies That Helped Put Him In Office

The Sudanese Have Delighted Me, Not Only In Their Generosity And Simplicity, But Also In Their Tendency To Take Tea With Milk And Not To Hesitate To Dunk Biscuits In It. As An Englishman, You Can Imagine The Feeling Of Fraternal Closeness That This Activity Has Generated.

While I Relish Our Warm Months, Winter Forms Our Character And Brings Out Our Best.