It has been a trying few weeks in our country and our world. It seems like not a day passes without us hearing of a violent attack somewhere. Though we here in Maine have been thankfully spared from the actual violence we are not spared from the heartbreaking news and its effect on our world. […]

I t’s always been my conviction that if Hillary Clinton could be appointed president, she’d do a bang-up job. Getting elected, however, might prove more difficult. Michelle Goldberg does an excellent job defining the problem in a Slate article about why so many people say they hate her. “There’s a reason actors do screen tests,” […]

You’ve hung up your shingle, you’ve filed the proper paperwork, and you may have even hired an employee or two to help you with one of the biggest steps of your life: Owning your own business. The excitement, and terror, are palpable. And to add to the mix, you’re told you have to create a […]

If you were offered a lottery ticket that had a better than 20 percent chance of winning the jackpot, you would probably buy it. That’s what Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Pence and Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine just did. They are the vice presidential nominees of their parties. Their odds of becoming president are based […]

It’s about time. With the history-making nomination of Hillary Clinton, the party that prides itself on inclusion has finally recognized one half of the human race. It’s fitting that this moment should come in Philadelphia, the city of sisterly spirit, where women startled the populace by speaking in public – calling for abolition and suffrage […]