As students across Maine enjoy their school-free “snow days,” I often find myself thinking about how Maine is preparing our students for what lies ahead for them. Like many across our great state, I want their futures to be bright, fulfilling and rewarding. But I am concerned that too many of our students, especially our […]

There’s a big bad brouhaha over at NBC with anchor Brian Williams misremembering being shot down in a helicopter on a trip to Iraq, when the facts seem to indicate that although he did fly in a helicopter, and was over Iraq, he was not shot down. Well, come on; the guy was close. Got […]

At the birth of every conspiracy theory is the question, “Who profits?” In the dark reaches of anonymous Internet forums, the answer is always Big Government, Big Pharma, Big Farm-a and occasionally Satan, aliens, the Illuminati, the Knights Templar, or the Pentavirate — some omnipotent all-powerful force that enviously pulls off vast nefarious synchronization perfectly. […]

I came home the other night to find another invoice stuck in my front door and noticed the tracks over to my oil fill. My first thought was wanting to apologize to my oil delivery guy. The fact is, I usually do shovel the path to my oil fill pipes, but the other fact is, […]

I am in disbelief that a 69 year old could be snowbound for 10 days. I do not expect the Public Works Department to shovel every one out. They have enough to do to keep the city roads clear! Perhaps there is a way for a list to be kept somewhere of people who do […]