I’m hopeful about one Maine decision this November – passing Question 5. Regardless of who you voted for in the presidential election, a lot of folks were generally displeased with both major candidates. The biggest enemy during the campaigns were not the candidates themselves, but the two-party system and the stranglehold it has on our […]

I recently went to my primary care physician twice regarding an issue that has been irritating me for some time. My doctor tried one fix on the first visit that was not effective. On the second visit, he was going to try another remedy, hoping that it would help. He wrote a prescription for me. […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: Proposed railroad site a significant wildlife habitat” (Nov. 5): Ole Amundsen III’s concern that a railroad track along Gray Meadow would endanger the birds and wildlife there is totally unrealistic, even if a benefactor were to come forward to fund the entire cost of relocating the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad […]

So Donald Trump won the election. Once we get past the “Kumbaya” moment of hoping that we can all work together and find common ground, we can never forget the racism, sexism, bullying and anti-immigrant and religious intolerance he manifested in his campaign. He cannot erase a lifetime of running a business that went bankrupt […]

What is racism? Dictionary.com defines it as “a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.” Racism is […]