A story from almost everyone’s childhood involves being told they should finish eating all of their dinner. After all, the argument went, a child living in Somalia, Indonesia or even down in Honduras, is going without food as you sit there and waste yours. Today in America, parents don’t have to point to a faraway, […]

Tuesday’s paper was full of good news for Biddeford: A $15 million housing project, dubbed The Lofts at Saco Falls, and a $50 million complex that includes apartments, a boutique hotel and more are in the works. The first development, The Lofts at Saco Falls, was awarded tax credits by MaineHousing ”“ a major component […]

The Kennebec Journal of Augusta (Maine), Nov. 22: The president said this about immigration: “We are creating a whole society of really honorable, decent, family loving people who are in violation of the law.” But it wasn’t President Barack Obama. It was future President George H.W. Bush speaking in a debate before the 1980 Texas […]

Alright soccer haters, the world’s most popular sport is going to get shoved down your throat one more time. You thought you were done hearing about futbol in July, when Germany beat Argentina to win the World Cup. That win came 12 days after the United States was bounced from the tournament by Belgium in […]

My 11-year-old daughter Olivia is no different from most kids in at least this one respect; she loves snow! At my home in Nobleboro, we got a solid 10 inches of the white stuff last week. First thing Thursday morning, well, second thing. First thing I spent an hour or so doing snow removal or […]

When the Affordable Care Act was being written and debated, President Obama took care to emphasize that no illegal immigrants would be eligible for its benefits. Obama and the Democrats who passed the bill were sensitive to public concerns that those who entered the United States illegally should not receive assistance intended for those here […]

The following details were stated by John Philip Sousa IV, chairman for the National Draft Ben Carson for President Committee: “If you are committed to winning the White House in 2016, and you won’t settle for anything less than a tea party conservative, then I urge you to check out Dr. Benjamin Carson (runbenrun.org).” There […]

St. Vincent’s Hospital went from lifesaver to bankrupt to closed to construction site for luxury condominiums in what seemed the twinkle of an eye in lower Manhattan. Its end created a void. It was a place of births, last breaths, long and grueling nights, close calls and emergency care. Its closure is made no less […]

Bringing blacks, Jews and the Constitution back into the Republican Party, Rand Paul is intently looking ahead to the 2016 presidential election, reports Mike Allen in Politico: “Coming off a midterm campaign blitz in 35 states … Paul, who has set the ambitious goal of raising the Republican share of the African-American vote from 6 […]