In his recent Policy Wonk column (“Minority rule is not democracy”), Orlando Delogu doubled down on his partisan advocacy for trashing the Electoral College in favor of a nationwide popular vote for the U.S. presidency. His arguments are based on the idea that “one person one vote” is the highest principle in all elections, which […]

The Regional School Unit 5 Unity and Pride Project was created to establish engagement, excitement and a sense of belonging in our school district. As I consider the words “pride, unity, engagement, excitement,” I can’t help but think back to a recent event. Freeport High School hosted its first soccer games under the lights. The boys’ […]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The circumference of the Earth at the equator is 24,901 miles. My family and I traveled a distance a tad more than that over the last two weeks to Cape Town and other cities and towns in South Africa, along with a five-day visit to Dubai. Our odyssey began a few […]

The city of Portland clings to its 19th century past even as it struggles into the 21st century. The charm of the city by the sea, and especially its Old Port and waterfront districts, is its low brick-and-granite mercantile profile, narrow side streets, picturesque piers, disappearing cobblestones, ridiculously impractical brick sidewalks. Try to get a […]

Please join me in voting a resounding no on the Regional School Unit 5 bond issue to raise $1.5 million for an athletic field that’s sole purpose is to outshine the wealthier towns to the south. This project has been rejected twice by the voters and the message this sends to the children whose parents […]

Democrats resentful of Donald Trump’s election have been attacking the Electoral College on the grounds that it’s an undemocratic anachronism. But before anyone rushes to replace it, they ought to consider that our federal government has always been a quasi-democracy, and that the alternatives may not be any better. There is no perfect method of […]

How far would you go to save a life? Would you donate your gently used clothes or household items? Do you have items that have been sitting in your house for a long time, meaning to get rid of them? If the answer to any of these is yes, then why not donate them to […]

Let’s get one thing straight, shall we? If the numbers were reversed, and Hillary Clinton had won the Electoral College vote, and Donald Trump had won the popular vote, we would not be having this conversation (Policy Wonk: “Minority rule is not democracy,” by Orlando Delogu). You know it, I know it, and everybody else […]

I fully support building a much-needed track and improving the field at Freeport High School, but will vote against the current version of the project. I’ve researched the costs and health and safety concerns. I’ve met with some of the track and turf project members, and a member of the high school renovation advisory committee. […]