Maybe croquet could improve the ratings for the 2021 Summer Olympics? Please allow me to explain. The COVID-delayed 2020 Olympics are on track to be the lowest watched games of the 21st century, according to marketing research firm Zeta Global. The company has found that “More than 60 percent of Americans were unable to express […]

On Monday, July 19, the Legislature adjourned sine die, or “without day,” finally wrapping a long, complicated but ultimately rewarding session. One of the last bills we voted on for the year was also one of the most important: LD 1733 directs how nearly $1 billion in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act […]

I am a resident of Topsham and live close the Androscoggin River, where I frequently use the bridge that connects us to the town of Brunswick. It is time to build the new bridge that has been approved by both towns. This process has been going on since 2016 and has been through all the […]

Billionaire space cowboys Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have rightfully been taking some flack for sub-orbital jaunts earlier this month that garnered plenty of headlines but little in the way of actual scientific advancement, apart from trying to normalize the idea of routine spaceflight for exceptionally rich people. With all the power of the rockets […]

“It’s interesting when people die,” wrote Don Henley in the anti-media-sensationalism song “Dirty Laundry” back in 1982. Not much has changed since. There are more media outlets and platforms than ever, but tragedy still sells. Mass shootings generate extensive media coverage, and understandably so. Murders committed in unusual or sensational circumstances get covered because true […]