I have a friend who thinks cursive writing means sending politicians emails full of swear words. If that were true, the world would be more fun. Unfortunately, cursive doesn’t necessarily involve curses. It’s that thing old people do when they hook all their letters together in an effort to make their handwriting indecipherable. Doctors are […]

If you don’t have kids in school, it can be difficult to know what’s happening within those taxpayer-funded walls. For example, until state Rep. Heidi Sampson, R-Alfred, submitted LD 387, “An Act To Require Cursive Handwriting Instruction in Grade 3 to Grade 5,” I had no clue Maine’s education system had formally abandoned the teaching […]

Today in the magical seconds before sunrise, I see snow, tiny specks. The sky hangs with gray, my inner atmosphere gray, too, fatigued. The alarm buzzed. I moaned, tempted to roll over, hit the snooze button and sleep. But I have begun to watch, welcome and wonder at the miracle of daybreak.I throw off the […]

Congratulations to the Falmouth High School basketball team on a great season. They won some and lost some, but they always played well and hard. In the end, the team made it to the Western Maine regional finals. It was a season to be proud of. As a grandfather of one of the players, I […]

John Balentine should be ashamed of his comments lauding prominent Maine Republicans who called Gov. Janet Mills’ proposed $8 billion spending plan “a disaster waiting to happen.” Balentine predicates his opinion on the budgetary actions of former Gov. Paul LePage who successfully lowered the budget on the backs of the poor, the homeless, the addicted, […]

In 1986, the Vaccine Injury Act gave vaccine manufacturers legal immunity in the event their products caused harm. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that less than 10 percent of adverse reactions are reported, yet taxpayers have already covered over $4 billion in vaccine injuries. With a forecast of $100 billion dollars in projected vaccine […]

I want to express my disappointment with the Falmouth School Board and administration. As reported by The Forecaster, the West Falmouth returnables shed is forced to relocate by the owners of West Falmouth Crossing. I contacted the School Board chairman asking to be placed on their next agenda to discuss the possibility of relocating the […]

There’s a video from BBC Earth making the rounds on social media. Have you seen it? It’s all about penguins. In the clip, a group of emperor penguin chicks are waddling adorably along the snow and ice when danger strikes. A giant petrel is hunting, and penguin chicks are on the menu. There’s a close […]

When I saw that Gov. Janet Mills was warming to the idea of an electric corridor through Maine from Canada to Massachusetts, I figured the honeymoon was over. But then I knew when I voted for her that Mills is not as progressive as I am and that I was going to have to take […]

Every four years, Maine engages in a bumbling effort to influence the major parties’ choices of presidential candidates. It’s the state’s biggest exercise in futility (except for celebrating Moxie, which tastes like a flatulent moose and ExxonMobil had a baby). Our inability to shape the campaign for the White House isn’t simply a matter of […]