Globalization’s been getting a bad rap. That’s why Donald Trump picked Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate. He’s trying to capitalize on the discontent Americans living in the critical rust belt swing states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania feel over the way their jobs have been sent to Mexico and Asia. At one […]

Dozens of Democrats chose to boycott Israeli prime minister Netanyahu’s speech to Congress last week, among them Nancy Pelosi and Kamala Harris. Some 5,000 protesters assembled outside the Capitol. It was an impressive speech, but it raised several important questions. He began: “Our world is in upheaval. In the Middle East, Iran’s axis of terror confronts […]

If Kamala Harris manages to become the 47th U.S. president it will be despite Joe Biden, not because of him. Biden is a decent man and an honorable politician. His record of accomplishments as president is robust. “I’ve given my heart and soul to my nation” he said in a prime-time speech, but he may […]

Joe Biden’s departure as president will be every bit as mysterious as his ascension. In March 2020, Biden was running fourth or fifth among Democrats. Then, as the pandemic was sweeping the world, he won in South Carolina and soared into a lead he never relinquished, beating the incumbent soundly, who nevertheless refused to go […]

July is often the peak season for vegetables in Maine. We have a relatively short growing season, so the long, hot days — along with the warm summer rains — provide an abundance of produce for stalls at farmers markets and shelves at grocery stores. For years, I have tended a small vegetable patch at […]

This summer, I have been able to work with the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program through the McKeen Center for the Common Good as a Maine Community Bowdoin Fellow. This fellowship includes fully immersing myself five days a week as a member of MCHPP’s team. Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program’s main commitment is to reinstate […]

My roommate and I are at war. She just doesn’t know it yet. There’s a speed-bump-sized lump of dust beneath our rug. If you spilled coffee on our tablecloth, it’d get cleaner. The dishes she left in the sink are supporting their own ecosystems. It’s a wonder I haven’t called in the National Guard. But […]