Gov. Janet Mills’ veto on the moratorium for data centers was a major disappointment. Her focus and concern for Jay’s need for employment seems to have determined her decision. Data centers employ many people during construction. Once completed, employment drops drastically. So, is the environmental blight, with destruction of land and water, etc., worth a […]

America can’t begin to heal itself until it confronts a hard truth: our modern wars have been not only tragic, but futile.  In earlier eras, from ancient Greece onward, war was a burden borne directly by citizens —farmers, laborers, neighbors — whose lives were immediately at stake. Battles were brief because society itself couldn’t function […]

I think it is unconscionable for Gov. Janet Mills to veto the bill requiring a moratorium to halt construction of these new AI data centers. Why not investigate the consequences because of these centers’ high consumption of electricity and high consumption of local water supplies? Mills doesn’t seem to care what the consequences will be […]

Let’s get President Trump under control. It’s not just the Iran war. It’s gas prices; affordability; healthcare cost; lowering taxes on millionaires; abandoning Ukraine in favor of Putin; DOGE; tariffs; revenge tactics; not accepting defeat in an election; gerrymandering; trying to make it harder to vote in any way he can; unlawful deportations; Greenland; the […]