For many years I made the mistake of thinking I knew my mother well, that she was a one-dimensional being, her existence predicated primarily on being the mother of three sons, secondarily on being a mate for my father, and in any free time after that on dabbling a bit in watercolors, golf and bridge. […]

It hasn’t been much of a summer. When it hasn’t been cold, dark and rainy, it’s been stiflingly hot and humid, like D.C. at its worst, only without the omnipresent air-conditioning. We’ve had only a handful of the bright, dry, sunny days and cool nights typical of Maine summer weather at its best. On the […]

In my last column, I wrote about going to a party with other adults. I am an adult. I have been to parties before. I never second-guessed my qualifications for writing about being an adult at a party with other adults. One reader believes that I should have second-guessed, and then first-classed my column to […]

Edgar Allen Beem’s visceral hatred for Gov. Paul LePage is evident if hard to fathom. Mr. Beem and his ilk hate LePage despite the fact he is a self-made man who overcame hardship to become a success in business and politics. Though LePage has an MBA, probably as high or higher a level of education […]