I am writing to about the recent law that was proposed to lower the age requirement from 10 to 8 for hunting in the state of Maine. I am an 8-year-old boy and I would like to enjoy the sport of hunting. But there is a law against kids under the age of 10 participating […]

Work in Augusta has officially started. As I begin serving the folks of Senate District 33 (Cornish, Limerick, Newfield, Parsonsfield, Sanford, Shapleigh, and Waterboro), my thoughts have been turning more often to what it means to be an effective public servant. I’d like to let you into my thought process a bit, as one unquestionably […]

On Oct. 26, 2010, NASA at www.nasa.gov, reported “Every hundred years or so, a solar storm comes along so potent it fills the skies of Earth with blood-red auroras, makes compass needles point in the wrong direction, and sends electric currents coursing through the planet’s topsoil. The most famous such storm, the Carrington Event of […]

Defeated once for the Republican presidential nomination, defeated the next time for the White House, Mitt Romney never was at the center of Republican affection. Now that he’s contemplating a third try for the presidency, he’s suddenly the man at the center of Republican attention. He’s the guy everyone is talking about. With the economy […]

Kudos are in order to the Journal Tribune for having printed the article on LD 1750: regarding special interests. It reminds me of the attempt to prevent the tower of death (cell tower) from being built right next to schools and a neighborhood in contravention to the zoning regulations. One might have thought that the […]

Recently, a French television program, featuring political humor, called on its viewers to inundate Fox News with emails about its obviously false reports, made since 2006, that there were “no-go zones” in Britain and France, where Muslims controlled. Thousand of emails flooded Fox, and the station apologized, admitting that such zones do not exist. Meanwhile, […]

I am writing to express my profound gratitude to the state of Maine for approving a new, state of the art learning option for students who don’t fit the mold of public middle and high school. It’s almost like heaven opened up and dropped Maine Connections Academy in our laps at exactly the right time. […]

Steve received an email the other day from a colleague announcing the birth of her son Brinton. She attached a photo of a red-faced tyke in a striped stocking cap, and co-workers responded with a cascade of “wows” and “bravos.” Ordinary family. Obvious fanfare. Except for one thing: Brinton has two moms ”“ Nikki and […]