Dot looks at some key statistics about women, who make up more than one-half of our population.…
Read MoreDot’s Reading Room – February 2023
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For the February Reading Room, Dot focuses on "a truly remarkable book" - “Half American: the Epic Story of African Americans…
Read MoreA Harvard professor’s book asks: What if the Jan. 6 attack had succeeded?…
Read MoreDot’s Reading Room – Y’all for Yankees?
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“Y'all," that most Southern of Southernisms, is going mainstream – and it’s about time.…
Read MoreDot’s Reading Room: ‘Over the Holidays Try Talking to Your Relatives Like an Anthropologist’
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“How is it possible to spend so much time with your parents and grandparents and not really know them?"…
Read MoreIt wasn’t until the 1947 World Series between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers – 75 years ago – that fans…
Read MoreIt must have been all those National Geographic Magazines I devoured as a child but I’ve always been fascinated by the Neanderthals.…
Read MoreAn article in The Conversation by a University of Southern California professor who teaches a class on banned books says book bans…
Read MoreElectric school buses are taking students back to school – bringing cleaner air and lower maintenance costs to school districts across the…
Read MoreThis timely article appears in today’s issue of The Conversation:How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to…
Read MoreGovernment agencies—including the IRS—are using a facial recognition company to prove your identity. James Hendler, Professor of Computer, Web and Cognitive Sciences,…
Read More“The Magnificent History of the Maligned and Misunderstood Fruitcake,” by Jeffrey Miller, Associate Professor of Hospitality Management at Colorado State University, posted…
Read MoreDot’s Reading Room: Changes Coming to US Postal Service Board of Directors ~ Why it Matters
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As the holidays draw ever nearer, the makeup of the US Postal Service Board of Directors takes on new importance to Bedford,…
Read MoreLast week’s rainfall and the “lake” that formed in the Stop and Shop plaza are local reminders that climate change can hit…
Read MoreOne of my fond childhood memories is of going with my mother on a Saturday morning to the Raleigh, NC farmer’s market. …
Read MoreIf you think mail delivery is slow now, just wait until Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s proposed restructuring takes effect.
In the June 24…
Read More... What it's like to ride in a US Postal Truck?
When the U.S. mail trucks come lumbering around your neighborhood did you…
Read More"Hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, floods – whatever your local risk, here's how to be more weather-ready, a recent article in The Conversation dovetails…
Read MoreDot’s Reading Room: Non-fungible Tokens
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Suddenly-at least to this person’s eye—a new term has come into the language, and into print. What, you may ask, is a…
Read MoreTexas and its recent cold weather problems are a long way from Bedford, but we’re not immune from the possibility-or even the…
Read MoreToday’s article from The Conversation says Congressional members who espouse extreme positions get a lot of airtime and exposure but their actual…
Read MoreDot’s Reading Room: How Age Diversity in a Presidential Cabinet could Affect Policies and Programs
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President Joe Biden says his top appointments were purposely chosen “to look like America.” Will his mix of ages have an impact…
Read MoreDot’s Reading Room ~ ‘The Conversation’ a Compendium of Research Papers from Various Universities
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For today I’m not calling your attention to a specific article but to an online source that I think is worth following.
It’s…
Read MoreAlthough Joe Biden won the US election last week, Donald Trump won a record-breaking 71 million votes. In Bedford, the incumbent president…
Read MoreWhat kinds of news stories would you expect to find in a publication called Maine Business Daily? Most likely you’d think there…
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