Why trash a suitcase just because it has become scuffed up? It can still do its job. Or if your ax handle breaks, attach the head to a new handle and go on chopping wood. The age-old impulse to reuse possessions is an essential component of sustainable behavior, but it is worth thinking twice when […]

President Donald Trump singled out Maine Gov. Janet Mills to ask if she would comply with his executive order on transgender athletes. “I will obey state and federal law,” she replied. “Well, I’m …We are the federal law,” he told her. “See you in court,” she replied. Trump concluded that he would win easily and […]

What a sad situation for Sen. Collins as she bows to her self-proclaimed “King” Trump. Once, the most respected senator in the country — now, not so much. I once admired Sen. Collins for her courage and dedication to all that Maine and the United States stood for. Time after time, she spoke truth to […]

The housing crisis and subsequent financial crisis in 2008 was caused in large part by politicizing loan eligibility criteria, advancing social justice objectives over sound economics. Unfortunately, the Dodd-Frank law added even more politicization by creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has raised costs and pushed many financial services beyond the reach of the […]

While in college in the early 1950s, students were mesmerized by the Army-McCarthy trial on the new entertainment media: television. The trial went on for weeks, and for the first time, we could observe the accusations made and the tactics used. It became a common topic of argument in the dorms and hallways of the […]