Staff and volunteers at the Maine Recovery Access Project Center in Augusta spend countless hours supporting some of the most vulnerable members of our community. They show up for people struggling with addiction, hunger and homelessness. They do this work not because it is easy, but because they genuinely care. What’s troubling is instead of […]

Elon Musk’s recent achievement of $1 trillion net worth (now back to $957 billion) only serves to underline America’s obscene inequality. Compared to Warren Buffet (Forbes’ 10th-richest man, at $150 billion), there’s very little that Musk’s additional $850 billion nets him: private islands, super yachts, private jets and a car collection combined can merely put […]

On the subject of the Great American State Fair, President Trump recently stated:  “I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime . . . DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third-Rate ‘Artists.’” (Sun Journal, […]

Many thanks for bringing back Tom Atwell’s “From The Garden” column last Sunday. I have sorely missed seeing it. I have seen their gardens and I realize the great effort they put into making their property a fine example of what we, too, can accomplish. I hope that the column will become a regular feature […]

The recent Democratic Party primary wins of Graham Platner and Matt Dunlap point to a momentous change: Palestine now matters in Maine politics. The Gaza genocide and economic populism are driving voter change. Endless images of dismembered children, a revolt against sending our tax dollars overseas and rising gas prices blamed on the U.S.-Israeli war […]