Vote Berry The successful effort to bring high-speed internet service to Bowdoinham’s unserved areas was a long effort that involved a large number of committed citizens. Unfortunately, Peter “Tony” Lewis, in his run for the State Legislature, is claiming a primary role in this effort.  While Tony was a part of the original ad hoc […]

When the Taliban recently voiced its hope that Donald Trump would win a second term because he would withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, it was a reminder that the 2020 U.S. election has big implications for the Middle East – and, by consequence, for American national security. Foreign policy barely registers on Americans’ election agenda […]

Vote Biden I recently read that 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. All but the very richest among us rely on Social Security to pay our bills and get by in retirement. Those Social Security checks that arrive every month without fail are an earned benefit, one that we paid for out of our paychecks […]

Most of us don’t know what COVID-19 looks like. We recall from Science class that smallpox came with gross and unsightly spots and lesions and that folks with Ebola bled frighteningly, but this appears to be a “quiet” disease. We’re only aware of numbers, and the impressions on TV news of serious masked and gowned […]

Americans across the country rely on Maine’s senior U.S. senator to act as the calm, pragmatic voice of reason they can trust to focus on results over rhetoric in Washington, and now they’re counting on Maine voters to do the same. In an age of polarizing politics and backroom deals, a senator who can earn […]

Esther Wigley just finished paying off her medical bills – from 2017. Wigley, a Medicare recipient from Scranton, Pa., is now working to pay off bills from 2018 and 2019. And as she looks ahead to her 2020 tab, she fears she might be in for some serious and painful choices. “It’s not an exaggeration […]