Exactly what makes Maine not just a hospitable place to live but a creative, resilient, humane community is hard to know sometimes. Yes, we have had polarizing leadership, seizing on differences in hostile word and legislative deed. But there are those who measure the world in joyful, creative, celebratory times, like the people at Maine […]

After Mar-a-Lago was searched by the FBI, former Gov. Paul LePage was eager to give his full-throated support of Donald Trump. Now that it’s been reported the FBI searched for nuclear documents, will LePage offer a retraction? LePage has been tethered to Trump for years. He campaigned alongside Trump numerous times and was the honorary […]

I was the U.S. ambassador to Haiti (2012-15) and it’s my belief that it’s time to stop pretending diplomacy will work in Haiti. There is now no functional government, no working judiciary, no parliament. A weak police force is incapable of stopping the gang warfare that rules the capital – it has fewer weapons, fewer […]