Since Paul LePage is running another anti-income tax campaign for Maine governor, it’s time to dust off the history books and delve into “The Great New Hampshire Tax Myth,” for it’s at the root of most of our national tax dilemmas, as well of those of New England states and, well, Maine. The theory, like […]

Recently, I attended a White House signing ceremony for three bills I championed to help ensure that America’s veterans receive the benefits, resources, and recognition they earned through their service to our country. It was a pleasure to witness the President sign into law two important bills that will strengthen breast cancer detection and prevention […]

Oleg Morozov, a member of the Russian parliament and an ally of President Vladimir Putin’s, made what sounded much like a threat in May 2022. Poland should be “in first place in the queue for denazification after Ukraine,” he said. Just days earlier, pro-Putin Moscow city assembly member, Sergey Savostyanov, asserted that after Ukraine, Russia […]

It’s been a long, hot summer for Democrats. A new New York Times/Siena College poll points the way to the party’s current malaise: Nearly two-thirds of Democratic voters – 64 percent – say they want someone other than President Joe Biden to be the party’s nominee in two years’ time, and barely a third say […]

I was 11 during the summer of 1973 when the Watergate hearings were televised. The memory is still very clear in my mind, and it was a watershed moment for a young girl who thought her country was perfect. It clearly wasn’t. Now, almost 50 years later, I am even more cognizant of the flaws […]

At the start of Tuesday’s Jan. 6 hearing, Liz Cheney sent a critically important message to the Justice Department: “Like everyone else in this country, (Trump) is responsible for his own actions and his own choices…Trump cannot escape responsibility for being willfully blind…He is a 76-year-old man, he is not an impressionable child.” Translation: Don’t […]

Donald Trump is out there speaking and drawing fired-up crowds in places like Illinois. It’s obvious that he’s still the most popular figure and dominant force in the Republican Party. But I’m worried that despite his lasting popularity among most Republicans, he’s a liability to the GOP’s chances to retake the White House in 2024. […]

As I reflect on The Gathering Place’s early days, I fondly remember so many unique and wonderful people I now call friends. In the early years, those of us working on this unnamed project began to define what characteristics we wanted it to embrace. Words like community, respect and hospitality were put forth. Fostering mutual […]