It is premature for Trump devotees to be ecstatic over Attorney General William Barr’s summary of Special Council Robert Mueller’s two-year investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election – and too early for others to be distraught. Only time will shed daylight on the full scope and details of the investigation. Richard Nixon’s presidency […]

Manny Machado will receive $300 million over 10 years to play baseball for the San Diego Padres. Bryce Harper got a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies for 13 years and $330 million. And Mike Trout is in line to receive $432 million from the Los Angeles Angels spread over a dozen years. In contrast, Central […]

Since voters legalized marijuana in 2016 and the concurrent scourge of opiate addiction and deaths, Maine has been facing a self-inflicted drug policy disconnect. On one hand, we tell opiate addicts their drug of choice is harmful both to themselves and society, while we tell another group – marijuana users – their drug is beneficial to one’s health […]

It’s easy to complain. I lounge on the deck of a cruise ship in the Caribbean. Warm; not stormy; no ice; no snow; no need for parkas, mittens, hats, or to crawl on my knees to wash the slush from my floors. I don’t have to do anything except what I want for 11 days; […]

The March 21 article regarding the Falmouth Long-Range Planning Advisory Committee only scratches the surface of integrity problems with the Town Council. During the contentious contract zone debate in 2017, the council looked the other way when residents raised concerns that Councilor Andrea Ferrante’s company was the developer requesting the contact zone, a flagrant conflict […]

I have heard that some Yarmouth Town Councilors are opposed to developing a job description for the town manager and providing him with an annual performance review. It is inexplicable to me that anyone would oppose such a suggestion. Indeed, almost every individual who is gainfully employed has a job description and periodic review. The […]

In his recent column, Brunswick School Superintendent Paul Perzanoski calls for a review of the continuing need for current “government mandates” on public schools and lists the requirement of  “special education” as the first example (“Superintendent’s Notebook: Schools need recess from government mandates”). Perzanoski further shows his disrespect for the importance of “special education” by […]

The consequences of Falmouth’s 2013 Comprehensive Plan and reckless 2016 rezoning are about to hit residents right where it hurts: their checkbooks. The 2020 proposed school budget is up $2 million, primarily due to increased enrollment. It’s no coincidence that 2016-2018 was the fastest three-year period of residential growth in 12 years, or that 2018 […]

I find it very unfortunate, especially in a community like Yarmouth, when good, well-meaning citizens bring issues to the public either by public comment or by a letter to the editor, and their behavior is characterized as “complaining” or construed as being in some way malicious. Having run a dental practice for many years, I […]

Thanks to Edgar Allen Beem for writing about socialism in a positive manner (“The Universal Notebook: Socialism, you know you want it”). Politicians and the press have made it a dirty word for years in this country. Ironically, it’s taken the despicable Donald Trump’s actions and his railing against it to make folks consider it […]