A battle between a class of fourth- graders and a major movie studio would seem an unequal fight. So it proved to be: The studio buckled. And therein lies a story of how new Internet tools are allowing very ordinary people to defeat some of the most powerful corporate and political interests around — by […]

Now that Gov. Rick Perry isn’t running for president anymore, Texas taxpayers are beginning to find out how much we’ll have to pay for his campaign. Mainly, that cost has been for out-of-state travel for the security detail that covered Perry and his wife, Anita. Between November 2010 and November 2011, the governor’s security detail […]

To the editor: Occupy Brunswick invites the community to join a conversation about the Occupy Movement on Sunday at 4 p.m. at Curtis Memorial Library, 23 Pleasant St., Brunswick. We believe the Occupy Movement has awakened the American people to the overwhelming power of large corporations. There is a growing understanding that these corporations, whose […]

To the editor: I have a worthwhile observation on presidential politics. I read an article recently on the topic of the wealth of presidents. Mitt Romney, if he becomes our leader, would by far be the richest president in U.S. history. George Washington, our greatest commander, has been the wealthiest president so far. Do you […]