As another winter fades and traffic begins to rise, the state of our country’s infrastructure will soon rear its ugly head once again. However, this time we can look to the future with optimism, thanks to the passage of the infrastructure package Sen. Collins helped negotiate in Washington. A truly bipartisan effort, this legislation will […]

Last week’s display of rudeness and belligerence towards our all-volunteer RSU 21 school board was alarming. We continue to see these trends nationally, and hoped we’d be immune to these bullying and aggressive approaches. It is clear we are not. Behind a small minority of voters attempting to impose their will through a cruel, unjustified […]

Recently, every day brings new stories about Ukraine. And, almost every day for the past week, I’ve watched gas prices go up so that they’re now over $4 a gallon. These events are not separate. Rather, the gas prices are increasing in direct relation to the uncertainty about the geopolitical situation. This reality highlights the […]

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded in 1949 in response to Russian military and political expansion during and after WWII. The Russian-NATO Founding Act was created by the North Atlantic Council in 1997. The Council was formed to create trust and cooperation among Russia and NATO members. Also, Russia became a member of NATO. […]

I want to give thanks to President Biden and his team at this time of war in Europe for the first time since WWII. And, I’d like to single out for thanks Secretary of State Antony Blinken. They are working incredibly hard at this time, when nuclear weapons are actually being mentioned. I’m so glad […]

I wrote a short book about my years in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s and gave copies to my children to pass to my grandchildren. I was assigned as a launch team member on a nuclear missile on Okinawa and later assigned as a maintenance team member on the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile […]

Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich’s March 6 Telegram column, “Green energy the way to fight Putin” (Page D2), is spot on. Let’s pull out all the stops on a “peace offensive” against Putin and use our economic strength to stop his military invasion. We need to impose the nonmilitary equivalent of a “no-fly” zone because […]

How can the admirable and needed concern about addressing climate change in the future be more important than the lives of people in Ukraine today? We should invest in expanded domestic oil production right now and figure out how to reduce that demand over time, while purchasing no oil from Russia. How can our sanctions […]