On Nov. 8, sunrise in southern Maine occurred at 6:27 a.m., sunset at 4:21 p.m., with total daylight of 9 hours 54 minutes. Since then, we’ve lost 29 minutes of daylight. More importantly and of greater concern than daylight, our collective emotional psyche has grown much darker. Regardless of where any of us fall on […]

Question 3, the universal background check referendum, failed on Nov. 8 despite the fact that most Mainers and most Americans favor background checks. Why? Because the proposed universal background check regulations were poorly written. Why? Because they were not written by Maine people and they were not written by gun owners. What killed this latest […]

Thank you, voters of Harpswell, West Bath and East Brunswick for re-electing me to a second term in Maine House District 51. The last two years have been a remarkable experience, one of service through learning, listening, collaborating, advocating, communicating, all in order to best represent our district. Though I was unopposed in the end, […]

I think that this whole election has brought out the worst in us. When we hold an election in this country it is based on winning and losing. When you win you shouldn’t gloat or rub it in other people’s faces. When you lose you accept and move on. We shouldn’t burn American flags and […]

To all you Trump voters who think you just voted for the tax cut or the Supreme Court nominations or the death of trade deals or the demise of Obamacare, not so fast. Your vote was a “package deal.” You don’t get to tease out the things you liked about Trump’s messages. You have co-signed […]