At Earth Friendly Products, our passion is making cleaning products that are environmentally friendly, safer for people and pets, and affordable for everyone. We make our plant-powered cleaners at sustainable facilities in California, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington using 100 percent renewable energy while creating green jobs and paying our employees a living wage. For […]

“Repeal” and “replace” are the new buzzwords, with no signs of being bumped from the headlines anytime soon. Since the 2016 election, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been in the crosshairs of the Republican-controlled Congress and Donald Trump. The vow to repeal and replace the ACA was a keystone campaign promise that tapped into […]

Almost everyone I know hates grocery shopping. And when I say “hate,” I don’t mean they find it sort of annoying, or a minor inconvenience. I mean they loathe it with the kind of fiery passion that could melt the grille off a Studebaker. Granted, it’s not exactly a ride on the Tilt-A-Whirl. For many […]

Last week President Donald Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., as his predecessors have consistently done since 1953. Called the Presidential Prayer Breakfast until 1970, the event routinely attracts 3,000 or more people to pray for the country and world and hear addresses by religious luminaries. Originally organized by Methodist minister […]

HGTV has captured the attention of millions of devoted followers with its widely popular, “Fixer Upper,” a show about Chip and Joanna Gaines, a cowboy carpenter and his naturally beautiful designer wife in Waco, Texas. Chip and Joanna turn their client’s “fixer upper” into a stunning showcase home by the end of the carefully scripted […]

“We have tried since the birth of our nation to promote our love of peace by a display of weakness. This course has failed us utterly.”  Gen. George C. Marshall, 1945 War remains, as a Prussian general defined it nearly two centuries ago, the use of force to compel the enemy to do your will. […]

After Katie Rich, a Saturday Night Live writer, tweeted last week that 10-year-old Barron Trump “will be this country’s first homeschool shooter,” she was widely lambasted on social media. Her inappropriate, insensitive remarks deserve to be widely denounced. No child should be subjected to such a tactless, demeaning attack in public or private. It is appalling, however, […]

Both President Donald Trump and the Democrats are looking backwards. Trump offers a return to the past in government action on trade with other countries and in a far more limited government. That last word in his slogan “Make America Great Again” may be its key word. Democrats and progressives lament Trump’s arrival and what […]

As the 128th legislature gets underway, many legislators are busy getting their bills printed, finding co-sponsors and waiting for the scheduled public hearings. My first bill, LD 16, An Act to Exempt Certain Individuals Who Are 70 Years of Age or Older from Maine Income Tax, has gone through the initial stages and awaits the […]

The month of February was named after the Roman festival of purification, named Februa. We are already half way through winter since Ground Hog Day on the second happens six weeks after the winter solstice. Winter is actually the shortest season each year, lasting about one day less than summer because the Earth is now […]