If it would cost only a few more pennies more for a head of lettuce or another dime for a pound of tomatoes to forbid the employment of immigrant farm workers, it might not be a bad idea. In fact of the matter, it would cost a hell of a lot more than pennies and […]

All summer and fall I saw them gliding silently along the walk outside my apartment on Portland’s Eastern Prom. They glided in groups of friends or family, having been rented somewhere down on Commercial Street. The odd transporters are called Segway, and when first unveiled more than a decade ago, they were supposed to change […]

A nor’easter the day before Halloween caught many of us scrambling to find candles, matches, batteries and flashlights. In the dark is a place those over 60 do not want to be – not only is it cold and gloomy, it’s dangerous. You could fall, and falling is the No. 1 fear for many of […]

In the eight years since Hollywood Slots in Bangor was approved, a string of gambling projects has been put before voters that could be described as both unrelenting and unnecessary. On the Nov. 8 statewide ballot alone, there are two questions regarding three gambling projects, in Biddeford, Lewiston and Washington County, respectively. In addition, Penobscot […]

In the eight years since Hollywood Slots in Bangor was approved, a string of gambling projects has been put before voters that could be described as both unrelenting and unnecessary. On the Nov. 8 statewide ballot alone, there are two questions regarding three gambling projects, in Biddeford, Lewiston and Washington County, respectively. In addition, Penobscot […]

This year, several states have passed laws making voting more difficult – a simultaneous (coordinated?) action that is apparently part of a Republican Party national strategy. A study by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law analyzed 19 laws that passed and two executive orders that were issued in 14 […]

This year, several states have passed laws making voting more difficult – a simultaneous (coordinated?) action that is apparently part of a Republican Party national strategy. A study by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law analyzed 19 laws that passed and two executive orders that were issued in 14 […]

Returning from a corporate engagement in Boston recently, I stopped at the Hampton toll booths to make my contribution – as all Mainers must – to New Hampshire’s overflowing highway slush fund. Pulling away from the booth on one of the eight or 10 or 12 lanes (too many to count), I had to wonder […]