At least five of the Democratic presidential candidates, including Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, worry a Democratic president would face a hostile Supreme Court and want to add more justices to the Court. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has used his GOP caucus to block judicial nominations by President Obama and open the floodgates for […]

Sometimes you hear of people praising institutions as if they were people. Often it is the people or the person who deserve the praise. Rarely is it the person who is the institution. On Tuesday night we lost one of those institutions with the passing of Nancie Boudreau. Nancie was the iconic owner and teacher […]

Let’s face it, I’m an old guy, so I have had little reason to become familiar with the actual services of Planned Parenthood. As a political observer, however, I do know that Planned Parenthood has long served as a bogeyman for anti-abortion zealots in the U.S., many of whom are white Christian evangelicals. Indeed, Trump’s […]

Let’s face it – Maine in winter can be tough. Even for those of us who love cold weather and snow, the short days and limited sunshine can be hard. The white tundra of January through April can go on forever. For many of us, the desire to hibernate is strong. Do you ever feel […]

Bath RR crossing not done right In the not too recent past, maybe last fall, the railroad crossing at the bottom of Centre Street in Bath was dug up because it was a pretty rough crossing. It seemed to be okay for a while. But in the past couple of months, it’s become rougher than […]

When my childhood home got a phone call, it was an event. That was partly because my father, a longtime phone-company employee, installed four brass-belled phones throughout our home. The phones rang so loudly it sounded like crooks were breaking into Fort Knox. It was also because we were eager to discover who was calling […]

Digging in the mud at this time of year might not be your first choice of activities, but there are plenty of people who do this for a living right through the winter. Brunswick has over sixty licensed shellfish harvesters. Harvesters who can dig for both soft shell and hard shell clams under the same […]