My grandson Aiden, a high school senior from Seattle, visited this summer with his family. Aiden has always been a quiet kid, so I was delighted to chat with him one-on-one about the college application process. When I told him I’d heard he did well on the SAT tests, he said with a wry smile, […]

When I ran for my first term in the Legislature, I did so with the goal of making health care more affordable for Maine people. My guess is that you can agree that, for many people in our community, their insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs for health care or prescription drugs are more expensive, making […]

Whenever you watch those shows about people who live in jungles or warm wild places, do you ever marvel about how the denizens of those areas run around in bare feet? Me, too. They shinny up trees, dance on dirt and sticks and stones, run silently about poison-darting dinner, clamber over big rocks and sometimes […]

Raw and risqué revelations surfaced two weeks ago about North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson’s life between 2008 and 2012. Revealed was his sinewy past as an adult porn commentator on a seedy website that reportedly included a voyeuristic and voracious appetite for viewing sexual bondage and more claims not even CNN felt appropriate […]

When I was in college, there was this campaign against what was just beginning to be called “slut shaming.” I remember seeing flyers on campus that declared women should be able to wear anything we wanted, say anything we wanted and go anywhere we wanted without having to worry that we’d end up assaulted at […]

As Mainers, we are proud of our Yankee ingenuity. We have a long tradition as tradesmen and women who understand the work that goes into producing a product or sustaining an ecosystem, of thoughtful caretaking to ensure valuable resources are preserved for generations to come. Today in Maine, we must continue to creatively apply our […]

“A Pelican” Brown and ugly I am told But my reflection off the Sea waters As I dive and swoop Tells me you are blind. “Graffiti” On the old brick walls of the city lane, Where history and art both intertwine, Colors burst forth, wild and untamed, Telling stories in a vibrant line, Each stroke […]

News reports focus on the presidential election, which both sides warn could have disastrous results. But serious attention is just beginning to be paid to the conflict between Israel and the Arab groups backed by Iran that could bring more catastrophic results. The ultimate danger of an all-out regional war among nuclear armed states, looms. […]