Commentary by Andy Young

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Andy Young is an English teacher at Kennebunk High School in Kennebunk, Maine. His background includes many years as a sportscaster all over the US, as well as time spent in the Peace Corps and as a substitute teacher and high school coach. As a sports writer he used to write editorials in his spare time; now that he is teaching he has no spare time, but still manages to turn out columns.

His articles have appeared in nearly a dozen different publications, at least three of which are not currently defunct. Recent essays have appeared in the Windham Eagle and the Portland Press-Herald.

667 columns and counting

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Demand for Andy's writing from his first book, Young Ideas, and his need to fill in his 2.5 minutes of free time per week, have led to the release of volume 2, Work(s) in Progress. Believe it or not, there have actually been critical reviews of the first book, and some of them are even real. Read the shameless self promotion©, and contact Andy with or without an order request

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	December 6, 2024	The twelfth, not the last
	November 27, 2024	Where do missing items go?
	November 22, 2024	Thankful for what we don’t have
	November 15, 2024	Knowing when to fold ‘em
	November 8, 2024	Even dumber than the lottery
	November 1, 2024	Humiliation with a capital B
	October 25, 2024	1950’s natives, unite!
	October 18, 2024	King of the wordsmiths
	October 11, 2024	Going nuts over acorns
	October 4, 2024	Five thumbs, four of them up
	September 27, 2024	Miss Cooney’s legacy
	September 20, 2024	Unsolved mysteries, part deux
	September 13, 2024	The mystery of the vanishing civility
	September 6, 2024	Ben and Wayne’s recipe for a fruitful school year
	August 30, 2024	Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
	August 23, 2024	Same-day arrivals and departures
	August 16, 2024	Changing of the guard at the National Statuary
	August 9, 2024	Where to take a domestic world tour
	August 2, 2024	A job I could do
	July 26, 2024	Using time more efficiently
	July 19, 2024	On improved dentistry, and being prepared
	July 12, 2024	The best thing(s) about Newfoundland
	June 25, 2024	Preparing to witness history north of the border
	June 21, 2024	A good oh-for-three
	June 14, 2024	Breaking two decades-old vows
	June 7, 2024	All about dead presidents
	May 31, 2024	A half-dozen hundreds
	May 24, 2024	Big night at the card table
	May 17, 2024	Surprises and expiration dates
	May 10, 2024	Taking $tock
	May 3, 2024	Trying to make sense of English’s opposites
	April 26, 2024	What I did on my vacation
	April 19, 2024	An invigorating, infuriating freakin’ walk
	April 12, 2024	Enough already; I confess!
	April 5, 2024	Eclipsing the big event
	March 29, 2024	An Unsolved Mystery Arrives in Maine
	March 22, 2024	The wrong man for the job
	March 15, 2024	We’re number 1!
	March 8, 2024	The omen that wasn’t
	March 1, 2024	The best conversation partner
	February 23, 2024	Celebrating bissextiles
	February 16, 2024	Selflessly protecting centenarians-to-be
	February 3, 2024	Just an average fellow
	January 28, 2024	Good news or bad news?
	January 20, 2024	Could I be the first?
	January 13, 2024	Reaching for a favor
	January 7, 2024	Becoming a 50-cent intellectual

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