My heart skipped a few beats yesterday as I drove by the former location of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church on Congress Street. After seeing the church and rectory gone, I thought immediately that it used to be sacred ground and how the power of greed and money has taken over. Time to wake up, […]

I wish to thank all of those who serve veterans in our great state of Maine. As a disabled veteran, I am especially pleased by the excellent staff of the Togus Veterans Affairs hospital and outpatient clinics in Portland and Saco. I am sure other clinics across the state are doing the same. I have […]

As we have just passed the third anniversary of the Newtown domestic terrorism massacre, it is important to note that more than 500 children have been killed by gun violence since then. Now we read that guns are causing as many deaths as cars – and that in 21 states, more people are killed by […]

There is some good news from Paris, but my attention has focused on the horror of the terrorist attacks. Paul Krugman in his Nov. 16 New York Times op-ed warned, “The biggest danger terrorism poses to our society comes not from the direct harm inflicted, but from the wrong-headed responses it can inspire.” The Republican […]