Why is Sen. Susan Collins still a member of the Republican Party, a party and president who care more about winning elections than about the security of our democracy? In spite of overwhelming consensus by our intelligence agencies that the Russians intervened in our last elections, they do nothing. In spite of the overwhelming approval […]

The senseless, preventable killings in Parkland have prompted me to write. I teach at Falmouth High School. My students are inspiring, intelligent, funny, original and gifted, and they give me hope for the future. I’m fortunate to have worked with such remarkable young people over the past 20 years. I care about my students and […]

General Dynamics (the parent company of Bath Iron Works) is obscenely profitable. They are again asking for $60 million in tax rebates over 20 years. This particularly corrupt form of corporate welfare includes details that many Maine state politicians seem insistent on ignoring. You should be opposed to L.D. 1781 if you are: • Opposed […]

This month, the Senate is expected to vote on ending the illegal U.S. war in Yemen, which has plunged the country into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. I ask that Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King support S.J.Res. 54, introduced by the bipartisan trio of Sens. Bernie Sanders, Mike Lee and Chris Murphy, to […]

Thursday evening, I will once again travel down Roosevelt Trail to Portland to share an evening performance of Irish music with what may be the most Irish folks in town! Last year, as I approached the entrance of Park Danforth, I was greeted by a lady in green. “Are you our entertainment?” she quipped. “I […]

Those reading Scott Thistle’s March 9 front-page article “Bill outlawing gay ‘therapy’ clears hurdle” might draw the mistaken conclusion that all Christians in Maine share the Christian Civic League’s view of L.D. 912. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the Maine Council of Churches has testified to the state Legislature that seven […]