Janus, the Roman god of doorways and transitions, of looking both back and ahead, wonders what — beyond increments of added light — his month will offer this year. I hope that, for you and for me, it will be foot-rich and trail-limned. A trail ahead In late December, I visited the near future. A […]

As someone who cares about sustainability, you may be planning to take more steps to achieve sustainable living in 2025. Here at Sustainable Practice, we’ve developed seven pathways to sustainability. The community pathway plays a central role in this week’s column — our friends, families, and neighbors make our actions meaningful. We’ll share ideas for […]

It’s only a small issue, but it explains why talk about cooperation between the two parties is nothing more than a convenient myth, otherwise known as a lie. The Maine House Republicans complain that the governor has “nominated a former Democrat state legislator” to be Public Advocate. There it is: the persistent use by the […]

Several news outlets have noticed a certain coincidence: When Donald Trump is sworn in for a second time on Jan. 20, he will become just the second president to serve non-consecutive terms. The first, Democrat Grover Cleveland, was elected in 1884, narrowly lost in 1888, then returned to the presidency in 1892. Both he and […]

None of us will ever forget the winter of our discontent, when ice-burdened trees toppled and crashed like bowling pins, dragging down the wires which until that instant had, like veins, carried our home-life blood to us, keeping our homes functioning and throbbing with life. Impotent now, the wires spread across the ground in grids […]

His tenure as president was punctuated with unrelenting adversity, tortured from the outset by obscenely high inflation and a post-Vietnam-and-Watergate nation that had a sour disposition. His fragmented administration was disproportionately populated by political cronies from his home state of Georgia. His micromanaging style drew widespread derision and his right of center values resulted in […]

“In a perfect and just America, who possesses the greater political power — the rich and wealthy or the language contained within the U.S. Constitution? Answer: The U.S. Constitution, namely, ‘We the People’” (“Don’t let power guide your vote,” Portland Press Herald, Oct. 4, 2023). In our current political/ legislative/judicial environment, however, do “We the […]

Everyone groans when you talk about making New Year’s resolutions, don’t they? Keeping resolutions feels like a chore. Resolutions rub me the wrong way. They’re a headache and something that no one really wants to do. However, people resolutely trudge through the failures of their new year resolutions … knowing full well that even as […]