Recently my electric bill exceeded $100 for the first time. Subsequent bills have cost the same. I believe this is due to a utility company that has at least partly raised my rates because of its failed expenditures for a corridor that most Mainers who cast ballots rejected. This company does not hold the interests […]

Newspaper articles, urging transition from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources, are sometimes followed in the online comments by concerned questions about potential costs of making the change. Sometimes, those comments have a skeptical tone – implying that changing to “green” energy would not be worth higher prices at the gas pump or on our […]

Walgreens has caved and is taking the abortion pill off its shelves. Maybe not in your state or town – yet. Whatever you spend goes into the Walgreens corporate pocket. Show it what happens when women, and the men who love them, care rather than cave. Shop only at stores that support women’s reproductive rights. Move […]

The Republican Party has a problem not unlike Dr. Frankenstein’s from Mary Shelley’s novel. Both created a creature that they could no longer control. And just like what happened to Dr. Frankenstein, Donald Trump may well lead the Republican Party to its demise. By endorsing Republican candidates from the most extreme wings of the party […]

Does the American-led NATO alliance actually believe Ukraine can defeat Russia? After all, Russia has twice the population of Ukraine, has skirted sanctions and can endure troop losses and supply issues far more effectively than can Ukraine. Short of a massive arms buildup that includes a big influx of fighter planes and long-range missiles, limiting […]

The subject of outdoor cat trespass has come up before at various times in various places. It came up as a bill in Illinois, when Adlai Stevenson II was governor (1949-1953). Stevenson opposed the bill then, saying that cats were used to “a certain amount of unescorted roaming” and that the relationships between cat and […]

Maine is facing a crisis that we cannot ignore. Nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and the care continuum have been underfunded for decades. MaineCare pays for about 70% of nursing facility residents. And despite caring for our most vulnerable population, MaineCare reimburses nursing homes less than the cost of care per resident day. Our health […]

I am a 70-year-old Maine resident with a federal pension. Due to recent Maine legislation, I was able to reduce my taxable income by $25,000 because my income was from a pension. Although I am happy with this exemption, my objection is: Why is my pension income getting this exemption and younger taxpayers with earned […]