When I read the article in The Times about Johnny Durango and his film debut in the area, I knew I wanted to see it at the Roxy in Ottawa. I called my friend, Cookie and asked her to go with me.

This isn’t the first time lawmakers have tasked a state agency with an important function only to find it apparently unmanageable.

Having read all of historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s splendid books on American history, I purchased upon publication last week her latest book, “An Unfinished Love Story” and read it.