A few years before I was born, scientists successfully split the atom and ushered in what was called the Atomic Age. They said it would lead to unlimited human achievement and progress. In the late 1960s, a small group of men flew to the moon, landed on its surface and then returned safely to earth. […]

What do terrorists want? According to the CIA or some other equally reliable but possibly fictional government agency, every dangerous fanatic – from Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh to South Carolina church shooter Dylann Roof to Boston Marathon creepo Dzhokhar Tsarnaev – wanted exactly the same thing: Food stamps. Apparently, killing innocent people for hazy […]

Southern Maine was rocked in January with two shootings, one that led to a murder charge against a man accused of killing his wife at their Windham home and another that resulted in an attempted murder charge against a Scarborough teen. Details in both cases, sparse as they are, are extremely disturbing. And the community […]

There are some weird things being said about ranked-choice voting, the proposed system that’ll allow you to elect your second or third choice for governor. Here’s one I just made up: It’ll cure foot fungus. Some of its supporters also claim it’ll prevent the election of candidates like Donald Trump, which is pretty much the […]

There are some weird things being said about ranked-choice voting, the proposed system that’ll allow you to elect your second or third choice for governor. Here’s one I just made up: It’ll cure foot fungus. Some of its supporters also claim it’ll prevent the election of candidates like Donald Trump, which is pretty much the […]

Do you remember when fear of “peak oil” was all the rage? We were told that as the world’s supply of oil dwindled, nations would wage war for the last drops. Or, if that doesn’t ring a bell, remember threats of gasoline costing $10 per gallon? When gas rose rapidly to $4 in 2008 and […]

It’s when winter starts getting serious that I recall the time when my friends and I went into the “forest products” business. We wanted to do our part to help provide the raw material for Maine’s unique wooden lobster traps. The fact that I survived the woodland experience to tell this story is proof to […]

It’s when winter starts getting serious that I recall the time when my friends and I went into the “forest products” business. We wanted to do our part to help provide the raw material for Maine’s unique wooden lobster traps. The fact that I survived the woodland experience to tell this story is proof to […]