Now that we’ve seen the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, there are indications that other landmark cases may soon follow. It has been seven years since marriage rights were granted to same-sex couples in the United States in the Obergefell v. Hodges case. In that time, support for same-sex marriage has increased dramatically in […]

After a tumultuous three months, University of Maine System Chancellor Dannel Malloy, hired in 2019, has survived to fight another day – or another year, to be exact. Malloy has been in the crosshairs ever since a botched search ended up selecting, and hiring, a new president for the University of Maine at Augusta who’d […]

My father is turning 89 this week and he’s getting especially sentimental of late. The other day, from his hospital bed, he said he hoped he’d been a good father. He said these words with a hint of doubt in his voice. But he got the question backwards. The question he should be asking is: […]

In the nearly 21 months since the last presidential election, millions of Americans have given the benefit of the doubt to former president Donald Trump as he unleashed a torrent of accusations that his defeat resulted from massive voter fraud, and in an honest process he’d have won a second term. The time has arrived […]

The saga of Emmett Till has once again returned to the public sphere. Till was a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was visiting relatives in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, during the summer of 1955. He was kidnapped under cover at night, mercilessly beaten, shot, and thrown into the Tallahatchie River for having the “supposed audacity” to […]

During the school year, we often talk about the importance of making sure kids get the healthy meals they need to learn and grow. When kids are hungry, they can’t focus on their school work or on the interpersonal skills that classrooms develop. That’s why I’ve focused much of my work in Augusta on making […]

During the prime-time hearing on July 21, 2022 of the House January 6 committee, the two panel members leading the hearing used the phrase “dereliction of duty” to describe the conduct of then-President Donald Trump. Trump “was told by everyone to halt the violence,” Rep. Elaine Luria, a Democrat from Virginia, said. “But he refused […]

Do I detect a faint glimmer of good news? Trump’s cult party still seems on track to capture the House, thanks to inflation (which is worldwide) and high gas prices (which are steadily declining). But Democrats’ best hope is to retain control of the Senate – and perhaps pick up a seat, or even two. […]

Biden’s Middle East trip revealed struggle between values and interests