Chris Mills

By Chris Mills I haven't written in a few weeks, but not for lack of interest. Like you, I have been watching the iconic current events lately unfolding in the...

I was 10 years old when my father bought a chain saw. He chose one of the best, a beefy, 20-inch Stihl (pronounced "steel"). In the woods behind the house...

This is the one hundredth My Left Turn column. This signifies nothing, but as author I am drawn to taking a retrospective look at four years of writing, and to...

We hear a lot of comparisons being made lately between today's financial crisis and the Great Depression, and between the New Deal and the current federal stimulus package. But there...

All of us who have lived a long time in one place and come to love it have our peculiar reasons for our love. We New Englanders have a reputation...

Most of us have places in our houses where we keep old letters from family and friends. And I do mean old, because most of us have long-since switched to...

Barack Obama's selection of conservative Baptist pastor Rick Warren to deliver the opening benediction at the presidential inauguration caused an outcry from pro-gay citizens who thought at last they had...

Barack Obama's selection of conservative Baptist pastor Rick Warren to deliver the opening benediction at the presidential inauguration caused an outcry from pro-gay citizens who thought at last they had...

Lorraine Henderson, Boston area port director for the Department of Homeland Security, was arrested on Dec. 6 for hiring illegal immigrants to clean her house. She might get jail time...

I remember hearing an interview of an engineer at NASA in 1981, on the eve of the first space shuttle launch. He said, "When we light up those SRBs (solid...