Sen. Susan Collins is a hero. I feel proud and privileged to be from a state with her kind of leadership. She was able to get beyond the special interest groups and professional agitators to see the bigger picture. Many of her colleagues are calling her speech the best they have heard on the Senate […]

I listened to much of Sen. Susan Collins’ speech explaining her reasons for voting “yes” on Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. On the whole, what she said was deeply researched, thoughtful, well argued and in some respects brilliant. She was rightfully concerned over the lack of due process in the Kavanaugh hearings. But […]

I have always voted for Susan Collins. When I didn’t agree with a position that she took, I assumed she had information I didn’t. Not anymore. The last straw was her saying she hoped that the hearing on the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh would inspire others to come forward about their experiences with sexual assault. […]

Seldom does a person have an opportunity to see a historic event as it happens – to witness a lone hero standing up to injustice: The person facing down a tank in Tiananmen Square. A Margaret Chase Smith standing up against a Senate bully, Joe McCarthy. We recently all had that opportunity to see it […]

Can you imagine how a female Supreme Court nominee would have been perceived if she had raged and cried, given evasive answers, made condescending remarks to a male senator and spouted conspiracy theories? Brett Kavanaugh was ultimately rewarded for his behavior. I doubt the same would have been true for a woman in his position. […]