Jim Fossel Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Jim Fossel: To Facebook, we users are not the customers, but the products

by Jim Fossel April 1, 2018April 1, 2018

To make your account more secure – instead of just eliminating it – stop using it to log in to other sites.

by Jim Fossel March 25, 2018March 24, 2018

For now, the attention will be focused on candidates seeking their party’s nomination, rather than on the independents.

by Jim Fossel March 18, 2018March 16, 2018

The turnover signals the ascension of a newly aggressive foreign policy.

by Jim Fossel March 4, 2018March 5, 2018

Even though the state has a lot of gun owners and lax gun laws, it has one of the lowest homicide rates in the country.

by Jim Fossel February 25, 2018March 5, 2018

His addition could provide the dwindling number of reasonable people in Congress a boost in morale, if nothing else.

by jim fossel February 18, 2018March 5, 2018

With legislation like this, Republicans can’t call themselves the party of fiscal responsibility.

The practice could have an impact on candidates’ forthrightness and the speed of determining winners.

by Jim Fossel February 4, 2018February 2, 2018

Not only would bipartisan-drawn maps cut down on empowering extremists, but they’d force electees to answer to a spectrum of voters.

Holding government funding hostage to pursue legislative victories is a misuse of power.

by Jim Fossel January 21, 2018January 21, 2018

The first fundraising reports, released last week, help us gauge candidates’ support and spending habits.