Where are the lawyers when we need them? I have never been a fan of class action suits but now I think we need liability lawyers to step up and go after the fossil fuel companies. After watching a PBS Frontline episode last week about how the fossil fuel industry obstructed legislation to slow climate […]

Unlike so many people with Twitter and Facebook accounts these, I am not a constitutional scholar. I did go to law school, passed the Bar on my first try and have been practicing law since 1987 (give or take a few years when I detoured to teaching languages) but I don’t have the gravitas of […]

Writing in his diary in the spring of 1759, John Adams mused aloud on the images that were likely to run through his head as he found himself lapsing into a thoughtful mood. “In such silent scenes, as riding or walking thro the Woods or sitting alone in my Chamber, or lying awake in my […]

I am an Assistant District Attorney for Augusta’s treatment courts. As a prosecutor, I employ accountability with compassion. I’m running for Cumberland County DA in the June 14 primary to deliver the criminal justice reform we voted for in 2018. If elected, I will advocate for treatment for substance use and mental health needs as […]

Disunion over ‘Reunion Disunion’ column I read the column titled “Reunion disunion –  A case for skipping class reunions” in the editorial section of this paper (Tuesday, April 26). I was perplexed by two things. First, why would the paper print an editorial by someone who obviously doesn’t like reunions and has not been to […]

Just as it’s a waste of time for Republicans to refight the results of the 2020 election, it certainly does no good for anti-MAGAs to refight what happened in the previous race. Nevertheless, I wince on occasion when I contemplate how our country would’ve been far better served if the popular vote winner in 2016 […]

During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, and the early decades of the 20th century, U.S. captains of industry such as William Randolph Hearst and Jay Gould used their massive wealth to dominate facets of the economy, including the news media. They were, in many ways, prototype oligarchs – by the dictionary definition, […]

What’s the link between a Maine Civil War general and the surprising survival of Ukraine in its war with Russia? In 1864, the Union Army of the Tennessee, previously led by Generals U.S. Grant and W.T. Sherman, needed a new leader. Sherman, who had become commander of the entire Union Army in the West, controversially […]

In mid-February, my friend Steve Farrand suggested I write a piece about his friend Liz Loewald who, at age 98, had just published her memoir, “The Tree Grows Standing Still.” Steve had served as Liz’s Russian tutor when she was in her 80s. Liz sounded like a most interesting woman, so I agreed. I read […]