Springing forward or falling back, daylight saving time was something my father always dreaded. Having to reset all the clocks in his house behind or ahead by an hour twice a year meant he had a lot of work to do — and he didn’t enjoy doing it. The chief cause of his pain was […]

The short answer: Sadly, it’s already here! May 1978, in my native Belgium, a Moroccan community festival is beaten up and left in shambles by the Flemish Militant Order. The police “accidentally” arrive too late to prevent the brutalities. It’s but one example of many in Europe, largely unreported in the U.S. Here, in October, […]

Are you as amazed as I about how many times we narrowly miss getting killed or miss getting dead in some way or another? Well, I am, too, and lately, I’ve been giving this a lot of thought. Really, I have! But mostly, I’ve been thinking about the reasons for this happening. I mean, how […]

On the morning of Oct. 6, the City of Bath woke up to the news that Lisa and Jennifer Bailey had been murdered by Michael Bailey (Lisa’s husband and Jennifer’s father). The whole state is once again reacting to a domestic violence homicide. (Days earlier a man in Bangor killed his ex-girlfriend after serving several […]

Last week, Oasis Free Clinics turned the page on a new chapter in our almost 30-year history by celebrating the opening of our new and expanded clinic. Located at 331 Maine St. in Brunswick, our new clinic is the culmination of months of work and years of dreaming. With twice as much space for our […]

Arizona’s capitol Phoenix had a record-breaking hot summer with 113 days in a row in which temperatures soared over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The rate of Arctic ice loss has increased by 65% from 1994 to 2017, with Antarctica and Greenland worst affected. Florida and other southern states have been devastated by huge hurricanes over the […]

Peace came close to a fatal failure this week. The global effort against war suffered a potentially mortal blow when Israel, a member of the United Nations, supposedly the world’s peacekeeper, attacked United Nations outposts and tried to drive them away. Just as Russia had unimaginably launched a European ground war against Ukraine, Israel flagrantly […]

My handy-dandy “column topic radar” lit up when I encountered an internet article called “12 Phrases You’re Using That Make You Sound Unprofessional.” (This is not to be confused with the equally intriguing online article titled “12 Phrases That Would’ve Been 13 Phrases If That %$#* Black Cat Hadn’t Revved Up My Superstitious Streak.”) The […]