PROSE AND CONS I often find myself in disagreement with Town Councilor Jane Millett on most substantive issues, so imagine my surprise when during the final council meeting of 2015, she made the following comment, “I don’t want to overstate that this is an issue we are having in Brunswick,” and I agreed with it […]

The false dichotomy that says “we” are not “them” has been getting a lot of play via the demagogue with bad hair whom the corporate media have made the front runner for the Republican Party presidential nomination. Enormous, diverse groups such as Muslims or refugees are lumped together and portrayed as threatening. An eloquent response […]

Happy New Year to all the residents of the Brunswick area. I have a great idea on how to put an end to those who are wanting to allow Muslims an open, free-for-all relocation policy to these United States. We need to have a filmmaker produce a movie about what life will look like here […]

In his Veterans’ Corner column, “2016 — It’s Your Call,” published Dec. 31, 2015, Chick Ciciotte lists some admirable resolutions for the New Year to help veterans and their families get what they have earned, and he asks readers to join him in those things. I totally agree with his objectives and support him in […]

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2016. There are 360 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his State of the Union address, outlined a goal of “Four Freedoms”: Freedom of speech and expression; the freedom of people to worship God […]