Is lying to a U.S. senator to get a job grounds for impeachment? Sen. Susan Collins tells us that what Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, then candidates for judgeships, told her was “completely inconsistent” with their positions in the leaked Court opinion. These candidate judges subsequently provided the same information under oath to a committee […]

When will Mainers realize that Sen. Susan Collins is selling them out? Both parties have representatives who fake independence, but Collins has never cast a meaningful vote. She knew who Brett Kavanaugh was. She has held a Senate seat for decades and always toed the party line instead of supporting Mainers. The voted for the […]

Forty-three years ago, two friends accompanied me to Planned Parenthood. The doctor told me it was “the size of a pea.” I bawled my eyes out, thankful and relieved, and the false piety of religious zealots isn’t going to oppress me anymore. I’d carefully and responsibly examined all other options, including moving to a “farm” […]

I was raised by a woman who was born in 1954. She taught me that not only was my body an amusement park to be enjoyed it was also a temple. I got to choose how it was treated, from the food that I ate to my reproductive options. She brought me to France when […]

Re: Roe v. Wade: If only everyone on both sides of the abortion issue would put as much energy and protest into affordable housing and affordable, easily accessed child care (which also provides a living wage for providers) as they do on their abortion stance. Today, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and […]

Can someone explain to me why so many people are willing to sell their souls, democracy and the US Constitution in their support of  former President Donald Trump? A man with no consistent ideology except serving himself; A man with no lucid policy positions except to aid the rich, and certainly not to help the […]

I am thrilled to see the new language in Maine’s Good Samaritan law. It expands protection to include anyone who is “rendering aid,” which could include calling 911, administering CPR or simply keeping an eye on someone until help arrives. I am a drug and alcohol prevention specialist. I talk to teens in schools all […]

Years ago a friend found out – while applying for a job – that he needed a college degree. Not having one, he lied and said he did. He got the job. A number of months later, the company found that he had lied and fired him. Now it seems in order to become a […]