Several people in Biddeford and Saco have spent the past 25 years fighting, hoping and waiting for the Maine Energy waste incinerator to close, but there were no fireworks when the Biddeford City Council made its historic 8-1 vote Tuesday on an agreement to shut it down and purchase the land. Aside from the applause […]

America is a nation of voters. Of course, there are millions who aren’t registered and millions more who, for various reasons, don’t vote. Perhaps they’re tired of voting. They’re sick of the unending array of nagging, stressful choices that are thrust upon us every day. Vote, vote, vote, it seems that’s all we ever do. […]

In a democracy, a majority of voters make decisions. Shocking! At least it is for Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who asks, “Do we want a simple majority of 51 to ramrod the minority on every issue?” That’s the way it has been throughout American history. George W. Bush became president with a bare majority […]