GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Gerald Ford Presidential Museum towers over the west bank of the Grand River here. The airport at the edge of town is named for the 38th president. So is the elementary school over on Madison Avenue. Though Ford was buried here nearly a decade ago, he remains a palpable presence […]

These days even Norman Vincent Peale might have difficulty thinking positively about the upcoming presidential election America’s mainstream media will be obsessing about between now and Nov. 8. Both major-party candidates are nearly as polarizing as they are wealthy and entitled. One presumptive nominee is an arrogant, unprincipled, crass huckster turned reality TV star who […]

Hillary Clinton’s “damn emails” are a self-inflicted wound in a political cycle full of “gotcha” and “you’re fired.” And worse, for the fraying patience of the public, the injury is one her Republican opponents are blithe to spin and churn into a political fatality. I’m no spring chicken, nor a community elder. I do have […]

You read it here first: “Fearless prediction,” this column began on April 6, “No legalistic deus ex machina will descend to save the nation from the dread specter of President Hillary Rodham Clinton … no Kenneth Starr-style ‘independent’ prosecutor, no criminal indictment over her ‘damn emails,’ no how, no way. “Ain’t gonna happen… “Those impassioned […]

There has been a lot of talk in the news lately about the availability of affordable housing in Maine, especially for our elderly and senior citizens. Last fall, a bond initiative was passed that would allocate $15 million towards affordable housing projects for this sector of our state. I signed onto that bill, as I […]