To all state and federal lawmakers, be they conservative or progressive, male or female, pro- or anti-firearm: The children of your country have called BS on your inaction, your inability to protect them and the rest of society from preventable slaughter. We, the grandparents of those children, stand alongside them in calling BS, too. Although […]

When my mother went through elementary school in London, she had a science teacher who started the term by saying: “There are facts, and then there is everything else.” As the term proceeded and students made statements about subjects they were studying, she would challenge them: “How do you know that? Did you hear it, […]

Recently, the Republican members of the Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development Committee voted to support L.D. 1757, An Act to Protect Maine’s Economy by Slowing the Rate at Which the State’s Minimum Wage will Increase and Establish a Training and Youth Wage (Emergency). If passed, the bill would lower future scheduled increases in the […]

I’m posing a question that many will consider the pinnacle of naïveté: I’m wondering if (some?) Maine gun dealers would voluntarily consider removing the AR-15 and similar weapons from sale in their stores. I know. I’ve heard all the arguments from both sides, and I won’t take up any of those issues. I was a […]

We welcome the news, recently reported by the Press Herald, that two regional planning organizations will consolidate administration: the Greater Portland Council of Governments and Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation System. Both do important work. Thanks to the leadership of GPCOG Executive Director Kristina Egan and former PACTS Director John Duncan, the consolidation promises even better […]