An April 17 letter to the editor stated that reducing the use of wild bird seed will reduce the tick population on our lawns, presumably out of a belief that the birds visiting an empty feeder will, instead, eat ticks.   Although I probably dislike ticks, particularly deer ticks, as much as the letter writer, […]

It is unfortunate that Sen. Collins has taken to misleading Mainers by omitting critical aspects of the SAVE Act. Building on this deception in a recent op-ed, Collins backer Sharon Bemis characterized Collins’ stance as an example of “steady, common-sense leadership.” It is neither. In an hour-long speech, Sen. Collins’ closest Senate friend, Republican Lisa Murkowski of […]

I am writing to express my distress about Rep. Jared Golden’s vote against the recent War Powers Resolution — especially as his choice aligns him with the half of Congress that refuses to do its job.  Golden’s stated rationale — that the resolution risked undermining U.S. leverage and would impose an abrupt halt — doesn’t […]

Let’s start with the basics. Sometimes a party is just for a good time. I’ve had a theory about overthinking life. It starts with academic’s needing to write a thesis to graduate, and finding ways to prove it.  Thinking a spring ski party is more than a bunch of college kids or feeling-young-again types getting […]

Maine Democrats will not move from a bad position. They are holding true to the sunk-cost fallacy. Testimony was given for the Legislature to enact “An Act to Designate School Sports Participation and Facilities by Sex” without a vote of the people in November, which it did not. The proponents of the measure spoke kindly […]

Rep. Jared Golden has once again passed on an opportunity to rein in the Trump administration, voting against the War Powers Resolution. Golden claims that Trump is well within his presidential authority to initiate a war with Iran. I would suggest that Congress is well within its powers to require the president to explain the […]

“No person in the United States shall, on bias of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal assistance …” Those words, written and passed into law by the United States Congress in June 1972, are the foundations of […]