Do you get the shakes when you haven’t checked your email in the last 30 seconds? Have you ever checked Facebook in church? In the shower? On a first date? While making love? Have you ever attended a concert where they ask you to turn off your cellphone, but you just put it on vibrate […]

The Providence Journal (R.I.), July 31: The Olympic Games are the best known and most celebrated sporting event in the world. Athletes from dozens of countries gather to show their competitive spirit and go for the gold in a grand display of pageantry and skill. So it was disappointing to learn that Boston’s bid to […]

The Berkshire Eagle (Mass.), July 29: Planned Parenthood is under renewed attack from its long-time foes following the release of a pair of hidden-camera videos. Putting the furor aside, there is little new here, including the campaign of misinformation against the organization. The videos purport to show Planned Parenthood officials talking in crude fashion about […]

On behalf of the Great Works Foundation, Inc. and the Sanford Regional Technical Center, I want to sincerely thank the Sanford Housing Authority and its board of directors for allowing our students and staff the opportunity to be fully involved as the general contractor in planning and constructing their new office building on 17 School […]

Kudos to the Biddeford City Council for demonstrating/exercising sound management practice. Leaders change things to make thing better, and that’s what you did. A charter review is not easy, but it is necessary. Five year intervals is a very good standard. However, it could also be on an “as needed basis,” but that is not […]

Some political insiders have dismissed the upcoming debate for second-tier Republican presidential candidates as the “kids’ table” debate. But for the low-ranking hopefuls who take part, the kids’ debate might turn out to be as big an opportunity to move ahead as the first-tier faceoff scheduled for later on Thursday. For five reasons: 1) Donald […]

Republicans have a Donald Trump problem, and it is worse than they think. They think he is a phenomenon ”“ a repository for protest ”“ that is a temporary irritant. They think he’ll go away once his supporters realize that he can’t win, or that he is an embarrassment, or that he is a buffoon, […]