According to Donald Trump, “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” While our president may enjoy passing the blame off onto other countries, we as Americans cannot afford to continue living with this mindset. I am here to tell you that global warming […]

My family owns a camp in the West Forks. It would be within a thousand feet of the proposed New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line, which would bring hydropower from Quebec to Lewiston. You’d think being so close to the line, I’d be against the project. You’d be wrong. I have worked on projects […]

Hydrocarbon corporations are not making a bootleg turn from that profit source. No change of heart has occurred there, and this is clear to all of us. Carbon pricing could work, but it is flawed, politically. An April 12 New York Times Magazine article by David Leonhardt, “The problem with putting a price on the […]

Donald Trump’s protestations of innocence remind me of a family story. Thirty-six years ago, my Uncle Dan was invited to play golf with Trump and some young real estate executives. Halfway through the game some of the executives called Trump out for cheating. Trump went ballistic and before long was accusing them of cheating. Ancient […]

Robert Graham, 97, of Yorktown, New York, was a Marine hero who fought for our freedom during World War II. Bob made the news because he had outlived all of his family members, and might have been buried without anyone attending if not for a young friend. His friend ensured that hundreds attended his funeral […]

Maine has an opportunity to put an estimated $91 million back into the pockets of working families. L.D. 1491 would expand our current earned income tax credit by creating a Maine Working Credit. This initiative would expand the number of families who can benefit from the tax credit and raises the credit from the current […]

Property owners on the Maine coastal waterfront own the intertidal land, or the land between the mean high and low tides. A bill, L.D. 1388, is being introduced to take this ownership away via an unconstitutional land grab by the state. Per the Maine Constitution: “Private property shall not be taken for public uses without […]

My 2007 Ford Focus cannot take the potholes any longer. I have spent over $2,000 on brakes and a starter. My family and friends swear at me every time I roll over another pothole. I very patiently explain there is nothing in the road/street/highway except a beautiful collection of potholes. My sister lives near Washington, […]

I was interested in the April 10 column by Kristen Hanson and Joanne Van Loenen, “Assisted-suicide legislation sends wrong message to Maine patients.” While I do not agree with their conclusions, I felt that they raised several valid points. The idea of insurance companies suggesting that individuals who have insurance with them consider ending their […]