Last year, before Hillary Clinton’s secret email system became publicly known, Congress passed a law to keep presidents from trying the same trick. If Clinton wins the White House, the law could well be put to the test. The statute is the Presidential and Federal Records Act Amendments of 2014. It recognizes that government officials […]

We’re almost due,” April told us over dinner. She and her husband were both beaming. Me, not so much. April and her husband are in their mid-50s. They have grown children. Surely, she couldn’t be pregnant. I’m sure I would have noticed something like that. So would the nightly news. “We’re hoping it’s a boy,” […]

I recently moved to Saco from a small town in Connecticut just a few weeks ago. I had lived in Camden, Maine in my early 20s and had fallen in love with its awe-inspiring beauty. I was blessed to be able to walk out my door and overlook Hosmer Pond. Just a three-minute walk through […]

In 2013, over 13 million Americans had their identity stolen and according to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft steadily climbs and tops their list of consumer complaints each year. With this level of identity theft, why wouldn’t we be concerned about voter fraud? Once our identity is stolen, the info is used to access […]

As a longtime member of the tourism industry here in Maine, I understand that there are ebbs and flows in all business cycles based on tourism. Our business model factors in these expected ups and downs, and we feel prepared to handle most obstacles that come our way. What I fear and am woefully unprepared […]

When you talk about someone named Biden, pretty much everyone would first think of Vice President Joe Biden ”“ and for good reason. Joe Biden spent three decades in the United States Senate and has been our vice president for the past six-plus years. The Biden I am going to talk about in this column, […]

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter unleashed a firestorm when he harshly criticized Iraqi forces for abandoning the Iraqi city of Ramadi to ISIS. Iraqi security forces “showed no will to fight,” he said. “They were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force.” The numbers are stunning (though a Pentagon spokesman volunteered that […]