With the exception of longtime teachers and school administrators, there is no more expert observer to the yearly rite of high school graduation than the seasoned community journalist. It is not unheard of for a reporter to cover three or more of these ceremonies in the frenzied month of June, when seniors from schools across […]

The House of Representatives has just passed a bill removing funds from Planned Parenting. The sponsor, Rep. Pence, R-Indiana, who calls himself “a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order,” has accomplished a remarkable task. By protecting or liberating various minorities, this modern Republican crusader has set a benchmark for his party unmatched […]

The House of Representatives has just passed a bill removing funds from Planned Parenting. The sponsor, Rep. Pence, R-Indiana, who calls himself “a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order,” has accomplished a remarkable task. By protecting or liberating various minorities, this modern Republican crusader has set a benchmark for his party unmatched […]

What can you say about Maine in June? OK, I know that, but what can you say that we can print in this family newspaper? June has given us some of the best of weather and the worst of weather. We never know what’s coming next and neither do the weather people on television. June […]

What can you say about Maine in June? OK, I know that, but what can you say that we can print in this family newspaper? June has given us some of the best of weather and the worst of weather. We never know what’s coming next and neither do the weather people on television. June […]

A love affair with fatty, processed foods and heaping portions has long been blamed for the growing weight problem in the United States, where an estimated 1 in 3 people are obese. A report published last month, however, attempts to cast the battle against obesity in a different light. Shifts in the labor force, the […]

Inspired by reports that Democrats were so foolish and misguided as to be thinking of a “people’s veto” on the recent health care bill, this week the Honorable Lucius Flatley led a spirited discussion at the coffee shop for advice to Maine Democrats. The results are summarized below: • Quit your bellyaching. Cease caterwauling. Stop […]

“The rich are different than you and I,” wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald during the Golden Age of the 1920s. Nowadays, there is a second Golden Age, an age in which 1 percent of Americans hold one-third of the nation’s wealth, and inhale over one-quarter of the income – and these rich are not only different, […]