The average U.S. household spends 2 to 3 percent of their income on electric bills every year, according to the website ElectricChoice.com. Mainers pay a higher percentage than the residents of all but two other states. It’s expensive to fuel our homes. The Clean Energy Corridor (New England Clean Energy Connect) will provide some much-needed […]

Not much is new in Afghanistan: Since pre-history, peace has been elusive. Afghanistan has epitomized instability for millennia, resisting occupiers: Greeks, Mongols, Turks, Arabs, British, Persians, Russians or, more recently, Americans. Even in the short term, neither colonialism nor democracy has taken root. Outliers, bloodied after countless incursions, have learned to leave it alone. In […]

Perhaps our military establishment might learn a lesson from the very quick takeover of Afghanistan by the rag-tag Taliban. Here is a force that has little or no air power, small arms and Toyota gun trucks and it has succeeded in taking over a country in which we invested many lives and billions of dollars, […]

Access to high-quality affordable housing, cost-effective heat and bridging the digital divide through broadband expansion are common to Maine’s residents. The complexity of addressing these issues is high, but we can do it, if we are bold enough to act with a large enough vision for the future. • Affordable housing: New construction and re-investment […]

As someone who works in a public school system in Maine, I support the Augusta Board of Education’s vote last week to require mask wearing for students and staff. However, I disagree with the argument of the one dissenting board member, in which she equates the decision with going into someone’s home to tell them […]

The Afghans get what they deserve. The U.S. trained and equipped 280,000 Afghan troops. When the Taliban started to move forward a week ago, Afghan troops laid down their arms everywhere the Taliban showed up. It just shows they didn’t want us there either and they essentially sided with the Taliban. You can’t change an […]

The first session of the 130th Maine Legislature was a show of innovation and bipartisanship. For the first time ever, Mainers were able to testify from the comfort of their own home and not have to drive to Augusta. Tools like YouTube weren’t just for looking for gardening tips or recipes; they offered a way […]