Regardless of your politics, it seems one cannot look anywhere these days without being faced with the once mighty citadel of cannabis prohibition crumbling under the onslaught of science, reason and a citizenry exhausted by a failed drug war. Studies both legitimate and psuedoscience flood our social media pages, politicians praise progressivism or decry moral […]

Brattleboro, (Vt.) Reformer, Dec. 1: We’re all for tax reform. As anyone who has had to fill out a long form knows, the most often result is not an increased tax return, but a massive headache. Nonetheless, tax reform as proposed by the GOP is not the answer; unless, of course, you are a member […]

It’s called the season of giving, and despite the reminders all around, giving seems to be too far from the minds of the masses. Just this week, the Salvation Army reported that its red kettles are emptier than usual. But York County residents have a chance to change that ”“ today. It’s the Kettle Blitz […]

Now that the 2014 elections are over and national politics is all about 2016, Democrats have good reason to worry that, for all his success at the polls, President Obama will leave his party with a toxic legacy. The Obama damage is two-fold. First, his success relied on a coalition that likely will not survive, […]

This past weekend was fun. I took my 11-year-old daughter Olivia skating at the Midcoast Recreational Center in Rockport which is less than thirty minutes from the house in Nobleboro. This is the third season I have been taking her there and she is making significant progress each year. We made a minor investment in […]

Providence (R.I.) Journal, Dec. 3: In dispensing advice to Governor-elect Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee urged her to develop a good relationship with the General Assembly. As Mr. Chafee noted, “Rhode Island constitutionally has a very strong legislature. . That’s a fact, the strongest in the country.” PolitiFact checked out the Democrat’s statement […]

Increasingly, it seems more Americans are becoming less influenced by their political parties when casting their votes, as Republican Rand Paul is finding out. Writer and “liberal Democrat” H.A. Goodman explains in a recent column for Huffington Post: “I’ve never voted for a Republican in my life, but in 2016, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul will […]