It’s now likely Republicans are headed toward a contested convention in July. But they might be headed toward more than that – the party could be on its way to an internal version of the 2000 election, the race in which the candidate who lost the popular vote won the presidency, leaving injured feelings and […]

As I write this, there are men, women and children in Southern Maine Health Care’s (SMHC) emergency departments, our physician offices, in surgery, or in beds in our hospital. Our caregivers do not care about their patient’s ability to pay. All they are concerned about is giving the patient the very best care possible. And […]

The Wisconsin’s primary results were still fresh when Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders hit New York’s primary trail with fiery exchanges that lit up the race like a blast furnace. And here I thought the Republicans had all the fun with personal attacks. Sanders led off with a mistaken (or invented) claim that Clinton had […]

Over centuries, organized religion has impacted untold millions of Earth’s denizens in a myriad of positive ways. But throughout history, much of mankind’s self-inflicted harm has been performed in the name of one God or another. There’s never been a shortage of divinely inspired zealots willing to commit acts resulting in the shedding of innocent […]

So where are we now? Short answer: With less clarity than we had as April began, only days ago. With greater likelihood of at least one contested midsummer convention, a faint prospect only months ago. With new pressures on the front-runners and new opportunities for the underdogs, newly invigorated but still facing a difficult battle. […]

A s we head to the finish line of the final session of the 127th Maine State Legislature, many issues remain to be completed. One of the more difficult will be the talk of a supplemental budget. We are currently eight months into the first year of the biennial budget that was passed in the […]