Maine voters are deciding on six referendums this election. Here are The Times Record’s endorsements. Question 1 seeks to allow the recreational use and tax of marijuana. It’s past time to legalize marijuana, the most commonly used illicit drug in the nation. According to the Pew Research Center, 49 percent of Americans admit having tried […]

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it. — Andy Rooney (1919-2011)

We have all seen the news accounts of schools being shut down for fear of election disorder and candidates questioning the legitimacy of the electoral outcome. I think we have forgotten that we are in America and we have held free and fair elections for over 220 years. This year will be no different. I […]

The slogan for the Trump campaign is “Make America Great Again.” This clearly means different things to different people. For a large number of Trump supporters it is euphemism for making America white again. These people include Neo Nazis, White Nationalists, the KKK and general hate groups targeting gays, Muslims, Jews, and immigrants. The number […]

The presidential election is over. All that’s left is the voting. So many voters have made up their minds that no new revelation about Clinton’s emails or Trump’s harassment of women will make any difference. Many, possibly most, voters believe, “I’m not voting for the person, I’m voting for the policy.” That thought may explain […]

In the fall of 2008, I was at the Altamont School in Birmingham, Alabama doing interviews for the purpose of writing the School’s admissions materials. One young woman stood out from the rest: Rai Miller — a top student, a fine actor and the class president. When she said she was considering Stanford and Northwestern, […]

Turning Radius Not the Problem The turning radius on Pleasant and Mill Streets for cars entering from Stanwood in Brunswick is not the problem. The problem is that cars that have to turn onto River Road need to cross the two lanes of traffic to get into the right hand lane to turn at the […]

Today is Friday, Nov. 4, the 309th day of 2016. There are 57 days left in the year. In 1884, Democrat Grover Cleveland was elected to his first term as president, defeating Republican James G. Blaine. In 1916, CBS newsman Walter Cronkite was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge, who’d succeeded […]