Man does not speak because he thinks, he thinks because he speaks. — Octavio Paz, Mexican poet

Chances are this will be the last edition of The Times Record under the ownership of Sample News Group. It was announced last week a deal had been reached that sees Reade Brower’s RFB Enterprises acquiring Sample publications in Maine — including The TR. The deal is expected to close Sunday and we will become […]

Americans love their Constitution, but most of us probably don’t fully understand it. That became evident this week in major news stories. They both show that we may miss two important facts. First, most of the Constitution applies to all people within the borders of the United States, even if they are not citizens. Second, […]

A confession, I’m a recovering peak bagger. Defined as an attempt to reach the summit of a list of mountains, peak bagging is a great sport…if you can handle it responsibly. In New England, there are several popular mountain lists. Probably the most coveted goals are four thousand footers and the New England One Hundred […]

Gary Anderson, in his recent guest column on “climate denial” (The Times Record, March 22) spoke of the “need for a nuclear wake-up call” for “those still dreaming that earth’s environmental nightmare will somehow go away.” His cautionary message echoes that of climate science, which for many years, has foretold the coming of rising sea […]

BIW grabs another $45M from Maine taxpayers The campaign opposing the taxpayer giveaway to General Dynamics/BIW was a great campaign and in the end I think it did more to inform and educate hundreds, maybe thousands around the state and beyond. I always believed this wasn’t a fight against BIW, rather against the industry itself: […]