In basketball, coaches and rules officials often reward the aggressive player who slides across the floor in an effort to gain possession of a loose ball. Basketball instructors verbally encourage and publicly commend this type of hustle. From a rules standpoint, the travel rule is also temporarily suspended, and the player’s slide is not ruled […]

Will moderate Republicans and Independents appreciate the gravity of the moment and cast their anti-Trump votes in the general election versus staying home? With congressional Republicans eerily complacent in allowing Putin to railroad through Ukraine, a skeptical world needs to witness a landslide election, reassuring that the vast majority of Americans would not choose someone […]

Sen. Collins’ epiphany is too late. In Trump’s first impeachment she stated he had learned a lesson. He learned he would not be held accountable for his actions. Her vote for impeachment the next time was late — the cows left the barn Jan. 6. She enabled him by believing Kavanaugh’s answer about reproductive rights […]

​The proposed Gorham Connector reminds me of Washington, D.C., Metro’s Frederick connector I-270 from the Washington Beltway. It was touted as a way for D.C. workers to travel through the countryside to work and back. Before it was officially proposed, farms were sold to developers for high-end subdivisions. When first built, it was two lanes […]

How many Palestinian eyes for an Israeli eye: 27 for 1? 32,000-plus for 1,200? How many? I am not a religious expert, but I wonder about the reference in the Bible’s Old Testament Book of Leviticus 24:19-21 to, “Just as another person has received from him, so it will be given to him … an […]

Why do so many Americans, especially the disenfranchised, vote against their self-interest? How can they still endorse a candidate like Trump, who obviously is a calculating con artist, whose sole ambition is to amass more wealth and influence, and who does not care about their struggles but only values their votes and monetary donations? One […]

I’d like to thank Central Maine Power and all of the Canadian and out-of-state line workers who came to restore our power. I may have been without power for 47 hours, but I was prepared for such an emergency. I knew that I had options for shelter, warmth and food, unlike many around the world […]