Several times a week, I see Sandy Bowie walking along Main Street, Portland Street and Route 1, listening to music on her headphones, trucking along at a brisk pace I’d describe as power walking. Short, trim, fit and blond, Sandy is about five years older than I am and looks 10 years younger. I’m sure […]

I was heartbroken to miss my friend Erin Enberg’s musical play about the Beastie Boys in the Fringe Festival in Portland. Erin is one of the most talented and creative people I have met anywhere, and Portland is lucky to have her. People said it was awesome. It sold out and had to turn away […]

The LePage administration began with the assumptions government is too big, and reducing it requires existing taxes (state revenues) to be cut, no new taxes, and budget cuts to unleash the power of individuals and corporations, who in turn will create jobs, and grow the economy. The fact that there is no empirical evidence to […]

As America celebrated July 4, the world found itself under siege by America. In ages past, violations of the Fourth and First amendments – massive totalitarian spying on Americans and the world authorized by President Obama, rubber-stamped by Congress and implemented by NSA – would be dubbed “Cybergate.” Forty years ago, American news editors would […]

Edgar Allen Beem’s column, “Nationalism is not Patriotism,” refers to anti-Agenda 21 comments as “graphic expressions of angry white men who listen to too much conservative talk radio.” Perhaps Mr. Beem (angry white man, who listens to too much MSNBC and NPR) should re-evaluate his own progressive agenda. Under the guise of international sustainable development, […]

Re: Daniel Lycan’s letter, “Noting Beem’s Obama reality check,” Edgar Allen Beem writes an opinion column for The Forecaster. He is not acting as a “reporter.” He is under no obligation to present your “side” of an issue, or even to provide “balance.” A commentator does not have a “constitutional duty to present the facts […]