Journal Tribune Opinion
Ralph Reed, all in for Trump, urges evangelicals to follow
As Ralph Reed, the longtime evangelical leader, sees it, Donald Trump did two smart things in his appearance before Reed’s Faith & Freedom Coalition Road to Majority conference in Washington recently. First, Trump showed up. “Showing up really matters, and we have not had, either at Faith & Freedom or my preceding work at Christian […]
The three questions that still nag
Last week’s presidential primaries from New Jersey to California seemed to settle the big questions in this phase of the race to the White House. Though he continued to antagonize members of his party, Donald Trump maintained his march through the states. Though she still has not captured the heart of her party, Hillary Clinton […]
Nature abhors a vacuum cleaner
I must have accidentally bumped something while vacuuming up a giant warren of dust bunnies behind my media center, because now my television is on the fritz. And by “media center,” I mean my TV. The rest of the items there – the wildly expensive and way out-of-date tuner, the obsolete VHS player, the state-of-the-art […]
For Bella – and every other girl in America
Bella is 8 years old. A second-grader. And this year she and her classmates had to choose which famous person they wanted to become. She decided on being Hillary Clinton. This column is dedicated to you, Bella. You must feel quite good you chose to be Hillary Clinton for your famous person. And, I believe, […]
Leaving quietly? Howe appropriate
Few universally beloved individuals make the kind of impact on a major city (Detroit) and/or an entire nation (Canada) as significant as Gordie Howe did. The National Hockey League’s greatest player was as fierce and merciless a competitor as the game has ever known on the ice, but away from the rink he was an […]
Saco City Council comes through
It’s been an emotional roller coaster for those following the Young School construction debate. There have been years of discussions and meetings about the best plan, heated arguments in School Board meetings about the benefits of small vs. consolidated schools, and lots of back and forth about how it should be paid for, by who […]
No matter how you do the math, Sanders loses
OK, so the fix is in. In one sense, it’s too bad the Associated Press and the TV networks called the Democratic race for Hillary Clinton before New Jersey, California and four smaller states voted on June 7. Judging by my email and Facebook feed, this has enflamed the Bernie-cult’s belief that it’s been cheated […]