What if you learned that what you’ve been taught about Christopher Columbus is a lie? That what you’ve been told, and what your children are being told about him, is politically driven hogwash, designed to denigrate the very idea of the founding of the Americas? In honor of Columbus Day, here is some history that […]

Like many other things you will touch or use today, this letter to my kids bears the ubiquitous “Made in China” stamp, as it’s being written from the other side of the earth while I’m working in Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen, China. Dear Cammy & Zack, While I’ll be home later this week, […]

Harry Blunt, principal of Concord Coach Lines, deserves a transportation sanity award for his recently announced intention to operate direct, non-stop, first-class bus service from Portland to New York City, starting next month. While TrainRiders/Northeast clamors for a multi-stop train in that market, requiring massive expenditures for physical plant improvements and equipment – and an […]

I read with great interest Edgar Allen Beem’s opinion regarding Gov. Paul LePage’s behavior regarding the threatened withdrawal of funds to help maintain the Good Will-Hinckley program (“No excuse for executive abuse”). Another example of political leadership with limited substance and unlimited ego. LePage’s inability to string coherent sentences together at times certainly explains his […]

I read Steve Woods’ column, “The recipe for Maine’s political apocalypse? Blueberry nut bread,” and wondered from where he came. I’m also “from away” and I find that the best part of Maine’s approach to governance is reflected in Sen. Rebecca Millett’s combination of legislative zeal, especially fighting the good fight to support our local […]