When you’re called “the Oracle of Omaha,” ranked as one of the wealthiest people in the world, and speak with a kind of folksy directness, people listen. That’s Warren Buffett, the head of Berkshire Hathaway, the huge investment company that seems to operate as a personal extension of the man. Last week, the firm held […]

A few months ago, I was passing a house at the end of our street, and I noticed a colorful box at the end of the driveway. The box had a window, and there were books inside. I stopped the car and peeked in at the books; some were for children, some for adults. Fanciful […]

When we talk about pedestrian safety in Brunswick, we tend to talk about the issues that traffic planners discuss. Are the streets too wide? Are the crosswalks well marked? The dirty local secret we can’t bring ourselves to discuss is: Brunswick pedestrians are a danger. I drive comfortably in compact, walkable Maine downtowns, like Bath […]

King was right to vote yes on Pompeo confirmation The President has the right to choose his or her own administrative team. Mike Pompeo is qualified by education and by experience — West Point, Harvard Law School, U.S. House of Representatives, and Director of the CIA. Importantly, the Department of State needs an experienced leader, […]

Many of the whitewater boaters that I paddle with began the sport 30 or 40 years ago. Now, we’re in our 60s, 70s and a handful in their 80s. We’ve witnessed much of the evolution of the sport which first became popular nationally in the seventies. Many people including myself credit the whitewater adventures depicted […]

In 1502, Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere. In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor of New Netherland. In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union. In 1888, songwriter Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia. In 1927, […]