Commentary · Culture For Subscribers The Old Codger on the Solar Eclipse By The Old Codger August 20, 2017 · 5:40 PM EDT · Updated January 16, 2025 12:25 AM · 1 min read read Advertisement Listen to audio version of this article Members only Subscribe to listen Everywhere I go, people are gibbering on about this here solar eclipse. Ha! No wonder! They like it when the sun is just like them: Everywhere I go, people are gibbering on about this here solar eclipse. Ha! No wonder! They like it when the sun is just like them:… Advertisement Read Next Massachusetts House Gambling Proposal Puts Special Interests First Massachusetts Can't Afford To Undercut Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Maura Healey Chose Death Over Life By Blocking Late-Term Abortion Law Suspension Massachusetts Said No To A Jungle Primary