Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is currently on a tour to promote his new book, “The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics.” His thesis: The public misperceives the court’s role, and mistakenly attributes decision-making to desires of the president who appointed them. In shorter takes, Clarence Thomas, now the senior justice, and […]

Dear Jeff Bezos: Here’s what Amazon emailed me after a relatively small matter developed into a giant headache: “Your feedback is helping us build Earth’s Most Customer-Centric Company.” That’s a heck of a line, and until now I thought it was true. I’ve written columns praising your company for its top-notch customer service when, for […]

I am mortified that our town planning board would even consider allowing the intent of a resident to transform his construction of a bed & breakfast into a “pot shop” — in the center of town. My family moved here in the ‘70s to escape the suburban sprawl that previous military postings had exposed us […]

Why is Donald Trump not being held accountable for his crimes against democracy? Nobody is above the law, they say, but Trump, it seems, can do no wrong. After suborning the Ukrainian president and subverting the course of justice, he escaped impeachment and charges arising from the Mueller report. After inciting the insurrection and attempted […]

Many of my kayaking friends and I are frequent users of the Mere Point Boat Launch in the town of Brunswick. I believe the current rules for kayaks and other hand-carry watercraft established by Brunswick Parks & Recreation are unsafe and discriminate against kayakers. I want to emphasize that I do not suspect these policies […]

I happen to believe vaccines are a good idea. That’s why I got one. Everyone in my family is fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Furthermore, a lot of what I hear as justification for not getting vaccinated is nothing more than kooky talk, based neither in fact nor reality – from the DNA manipulation conspiracy theory […]