Peter Hannaford

This Fourth of July was the 230th anniversary of our declaration of independence from George III and his minions, but…

Speaking of Customer Service, here is an exchange over the telephone one day last week: 411 robot voice: What city…

The French were right about one thing: plus ca change, plus cela meme chose — “the more things change, the…

Today’s Interstate Highway System — all 42,793 miles of it — was a gleam in Congress’s collective eye in 1938…

Generally speaking, a well-informed Congress, when it is controlled by the party of the White House, is a happy Congress….

Close the public libraries in John Steinbeck’s home town? They couldn’t do that? “They” not only could; they almost did….

LONDON — Yesterday a hero, today a goat? We don’t know as yet, for the Conservative Party’s new leader, David…

DUBLIN — Ireland, Europe’s “Celtic Tiger,” shows no signs of turning into an economic pussycat. Quite the opposite. Next year’s…

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Thirty-seven years of sectarian violence here — called “The Troubles” — are expected soon to be…

I am a fashionista. I know it’s so because the other day tumbling through the mail slot came my very…