Whatever label people choose regarding the issue of abortion, it is probably not an accurate definition of their beliefs. Abortion is a medical term for a medical procedure, and most people would not define themselves as pro-abortion any more than they would call themselves pro heart surgery. Most people would also define themselves as pro-life […]

The Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program (MHPP) recently opened an additional facility at Brunswick Landing. Before addressing the rationale for that expansion, consider some numbers: – Maine ranks 1st in New England in terms of childhood food insecurity. – Twenty percent of Maine kids, or 50,000 children, are food insecure. – Before the pandemic, 12.3 […]

Just below the surface of the leaked draft Supreme Court abortion decision, much else was happening. The decision would not only be a victory for pro-life activists and many Republicans, but it would take the Court well beyond the abortion issue. Justice Samuel Alito took advantage of his drafting assignment to adopt conservative ideology on […]

If it isn’t one thing, it’s another. Madison Cawthorn, the 26-year-old Republican congressman from North Carolina, seems to be a lightning rod for controversy. A torrential downpour of allegations is haunting Cawthorn, including calls for an investigation into potential insider trading related to an anti-Biden cryptocurrency. For the moment, Cawthorn’s future in Congress is somewhat […]

President Biden and those around him have a fondness for using historical disasters as points of comparisons to raise the level of outrage over outbreaks of violence and unrest that have plagued the nation for much of the last eighteen months. When confronted by images and news accounts of extreme behavior, their first reaction is […]

After all these years, my dad inspires me still. As I write this, the almost 89-year-old fellow is fighting to get back onto his feet as stenosis, bad knees and general old age are wearing him down. But though his body shows wear and tear, his mind remains as agile as his sense of humor. […]

Thinking how to bridge some of the fractures that have riven our public lives, and increasingly our private lives, too, it’s easy to despair. How can we ever get beyond blame and vilification, where one side responds to all challenges by talking louder, and seeming to benefit? The impulse of most Americans, and Mainers, who […]

I wholeheartedly believe we should re-elect Jonathan Sahrbeck as the Cumberland County District Attorney. He has worked tirelessly to reform our criminal justice system, leading with compassion and resolve. He strives to understand how traumatic childhood experiences negatively affect those often caught in a cycle of poverty, addiction, and incarceration. Jonathan prioritizes treatment over incarceration […]