Random thoughts while dozing off on a late summer afternoon: President Trump got into a serious spat with Denmark over his offer to buy Greenland. Apparently, the United States needs the island because it has a serious shortage of umlauts. From Maine’s perspective, there might be a better deal to be made. The U.S. should […]

Giving people money, rather than making them earn it, is false compassion.

“When one door closes,” Alexander Graham Bell said, “another door opens.” It’s an optimistic outlook I came to appreciate 15 years ago, when I joined The Forecaster. It’s the philosophy guiding me now as I close the door on my tenure at the newspaper. I left the Journal Tribune in Biddeford  in 2004, after 19 […]

The many trials and tribulations of asylum-seekers housed at the Portland Expo have finally come to an end, no thanks to the federal government. After several months sleeping on cots in a crowded gymnasium, about 400 people, mostly from Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, vacated the gymnasium as of Aug. 15 so […]

Here’s the dirty truth about political advertising: It only works on stupid people. Of course, there are lots of stupid people, and most of them are on social media, where it’s easy to target campaign messages to specific types of dopes. Whether it’s gun nuts or anti-gun kooks, pro-life fanatics or pro-choice extremists, tree huggers […]

Democrats use race as a political weapon, quick to demonize Trump, willing to ignore Biden.

Racists are sure to come running when GOP blows the “Maine for Mainers” dog whistle.

Seeking your serious suggestions for overcoming a loss of appetite.

The year-long celebration promises to be memorable and informative.