On June 1, 1950, Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine led six other courageous Republican senators by introducing a Declaration of Conscience disassociating themselves from the demagoguery of Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. More than half a century later, when a man who surpasses Joe McCarthy in demagoguery disgraces the White House, Susan […]

A proposed $100 million of capital cost to move 2,162 passengers per weekday to/from Westbrook and Portland? With an annual operating cost of $7-$10 million? Sounds like the Brooklyn Bridge to me! How about increasing the number, frequency and coverage area of buses within the Greater Portland transit district? I just returned from Boulder, Colo., […]

Reporter Randy Billings wrote in the July 21 Press Herald that a “wave of evictions” is expected when the courts re-open this month, after being closed for COVID protocols. The impact of the end of the protections against evictions of tenants will be substantial. Fortunately there will have to be court hearings and judgments issued […]