G.L. Weil in his op-ed on the presidential election on Nov. 12 “Choosing change over competence” did not address the primary reason Hillary lost. Weil placed that blame on everything from James Comey and the FBI to the electoral college. By describing the President-elect as a “morally deficient man,” Weil showed his contempt for the […]

Biddeford is fortunate to have many assets. Among those assets are some of the greatest women and men protecting our community every day. I am writing to show support for our first responders. I believe we must reduce property taxes, but I don’t believe the compensation of our first responders is the path to do […]

The long campaign season is finally over, and I want to thank the residents of Senate District 32 for their continued support. Returning to Augusta to represent you in the Maine Senate is one of the highest privileges and honors of my life. During the four campaigns I ran in eight months, I’ve had the […]

Many people, mostly on the losing side of the election, are hopelessly looking for the reasons Trump and the Republicans won. They want to blame somebody. The reasons why the election turned out as it did were clear well before the voting began. Weeks ago in this space, I discussed two key elements of the […]

Every home schooling parent has been asked the S-Question: “What about socialization?” The implications (real or imagined) of the question are less than flattering: Students who attend schools outside the home are socialized better because they spend so much time with their immature peers, whereas students who attend school within the home are poorly socialized because they […]

You’re tired of reading and hearing about it. So am I. But we need to talk about what happened last week. I run the risk of splitting my audience here. When you write columns about salads, shoe shopping and beer, you’re not writing for Democrats or Republicans, Independents or Libertarians. You’re writing for people who […]

Between January 1961 and Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy fundamentally changed U.S. national security policy. These changes resulted in structures and doctrines that enabled American forces to fight in Vietnam in a new way that ultimately defined Kennedy’s national security legacy. Shortly after taking office in 1961, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara […]

Isn’t there some law that says those who campaign for office must pick up their signs by a certain date? For months I’ve had to look at a sea of political signs on my commute to work, and I thought I’d have some relief once the election was over. Yet almost a week later a […]

The election-night coverage of the 2016 vote began with images of the Clinton campaign team gathering in the Javits Center—under the symbolic glass ceiling. Hillary Clinton supporters were enthusiastic, upbeat, and expectant. The polls gave them every reason to expect that America was electing her as the country’s first female president. There’s just this one […]

Joe Sheehan, former board member and staunch supporter of the Wells Chamber of Commerce passed away Sunday, Nov. 13 at his home in Wells. Joe recently celebrated his 90th birthday. A native of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Joe and his wife, Peggy, moved to Wells in 1993 after relocating from Atlanta. Many of us remember his weekly “Shenanigans” […]