On the eve of his federal arrest and arraignment, former president and criminal espionage defendant Donald Trump fled to his social media safe place and commanded his fascist foot soldiers to come forth in multitudinous numbers for a big beautiful mob scene at the Miami courthouse. “ALL HANDS ON DECK! SEE YOU IN MIAMI ON […]

Black Americans are a community of people that have endured abominable levels of trials, abuse and tribulations. Our experience in this country includes rivers of blood, mountains of sweat and countless numbers of anguished tears. As a Black American, I am descended from a people for whom the history of slavery, lynching, segregation, black codes, […]

In the spring of 1954, Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy called for Congressional hearings to accuse members of the Army of communist ties. Nearing the end of those hearings, Boston lawyer Joseph Welch grew so exasperated that he said to McCarthy, “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness. […]

The Midcoast is fortunate to have many nonprofits in our community, providing world class music and theater, offering healthy meals, preventing homelessness, and offering free medical and dental care, just to name a few. As a member of the Board of Directors of one of those nonprofits, Oasis Free Clinics, I know how important the […]

Maybe it’s a good thing that my teenage dream of becoming a TV programmer never materialized. Analysts have regarded the over-the-air free TV networks as dinosaurs for years, but now even the cable channels and streaming services are watching over their shoulders for asteroids. Oh, the new Golden Age was nice while it lasted – […]

Modern dads are portrayed as fools in television sitcoms and commercials. Lucky for me, they are the polar opposite of the loving, strong and decisive father who raised me. Over the years, as I clogged a toilet with an apple core, shattered a picture window with a baseball and hit a golf ball through a […]