As an independent voter, I don’t accept “party loyalty” as an excuse for doing what’s wrong. As a Marine, I understand loyalty: “Semper Fidelis” is the motto of my brotherhood, it is on my family crest and tattooed across my chest. I can’t imagine a responsible, reasonable adult hiring Judge Brett Kavanaugh to decide what […]

Gender issues aren’t new. For example, linking Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s woes to a Julius Caesar quote seems farfetched. Then again, maybe not. Caesar, queried on why he divorced his second wife, Pompeia, replied, “My wife must be above suspicion.” Caesar was referring to a scandal triggered by Publius Clodius Pulcher, a young man related to […]

We have had enough! Over the past three years, women, people of other races, religions and nationalities, people with disabilities and anyone who speaks truth to power have been mocked and demeaned: by presidential candidates, by our not-exactly-elected president and by old men on the Senate Judiciary Committee. What about their nominee Brett Kavanaugh makes […]

We, the undersigned writers of Maine, have sent the following letter by email and snail mail to Sen. Susan Collins in advance of the vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh, urging her to vote “no.” “Dear Sen. Collins, “Putting aside for the moment the possibility that Brett Kavanaugh was a sexual predator in his youth, […]