I was 12 years old the first time I went to a funeral. Jay was a handsome blue-eyed blonde boy who had been out hunting with his friend Bobby during Christmas vacation week. Bobby had just received a new gun as a present. It is unimaginable to know what Bobby felt when he accidentally shot […]

The gun lobby has long stoked its constituents with the nightmare scenario of a president who’d swipe their God-given right to own weapons. The NRA frequently warned that Barack Obama was “coming for our guns,” and that Hillary Clinton would “come for your guns.” The group cringed at the prospect of a president saying something […]

Tax Break About Greed I have been following with concern the request for $60 million from Maine taxpayers by General Dynamics. A surprising number of folks have voiced their concerns about this in what I feel are intelligent and measured responses. I would like to offer another slant on this issue, and that is one […]

In 1766, Antonio de Ulloa arrived in New Orleans to assume his duties as the first Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory, where he encountered resistance from the French residents. In 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people. In 1867, […]