Children are naturally self-centered. The process of aging, if one does so gracefully, is one of abandoning the self, of letting go of personal attachments in order to be truly free. It has taken me the better part of seven decades to realize this and I am nowhere near there yet. The consciousness of self […]

Children are naturally self-centered. The process of aging, if one does so gracefully, is one of abandoning the self, of letting go of personal attachments in order to be truly free. It has taken me the better part of seven decades to realize this and I am nowhere near there yet. The consciousness of self […]

The Scarborough School Board has worked countless hours and done a wonderful job. They have implemented fantastic improvements. They have a wealth of experience and are nice people, perhaps too nice. The superintendent is their employee. Perhaps their good nature is what has led them to let her take the helm. You can do a […]

If you still support term limits on Maine legislators, it could be because you think such restrictions are something that can re-engage voters. You might believe that because Rick Barton told you so. “Term limits are something that can re-engage voters,” Barton, co-director of the term-limits referendum campaign, told the Portland Press Herald back in […]

If you still support term limits on Maine legislators, it could be because you think such restrictions are something that can re-engage voters. You might believe that because Rick Barton told you so. “Term limits are something that can re-engage voters,” Barton, co-director of the term-limits referendum campaign, told the Portland Press Herald back in […]

If you still support term limits on Maine legislators, it could be because you think such restrictions are something that can re-engage voters. You might believe that because Rick Barton told you so. “Term limits are something that can re-engage voters,” Barton, co-director of the term-limits referendum campaign, told the Portland Press Herald back in […]

Mega-kudos to President Donald Trump for standing up to Kim Jong Un, who was defiantly testing nuclear weapons, but now, miraculously, is following a more peaceful path with his southern neighbors on the Korean Peninsula. The Bob Dylan lyric, “They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn,” sprang to mind upon hearing the […]

Mega-kudos to President Donald Trump for standing up to Kim Jong Un, who was defiantly testing nuclear weapons, but now, miraculously, is following a more peaceful path with his southern neighbors on the Korean Peninsula. The Bob Dylan lyric, “They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn,” sprang to mind upon hearing the […]

Mega-kudos to President Donald Trump for standing up to Kim Jong Un, who was defiantly testing nuclear weapons, but now, miraculously, is following a more peaceful path with his southern neighbors on the Korean Peninsula. The Bob Dylan lyric, “They say the darkest hour is right before the dawn,” sprang to mind upon hearing the […]

The Scarborough Board of Education recall is about accountability. The central issue is simple: Board leadership has failed to act as the check and balance on their one employee, Superintendent Julie Kukenberger. Ms. Shea, Ms. Lyford, and Ms. Beeley have done wonderful things for this town in their tenure, and they are intelligent, respectable, good […]