I have had the privilege of living in six great cities: Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston, Indianapolis, New York, and Dakar in Senegal. Although I earned world-class degrees in the Minneapolis and Boston areas, my most cherished accomplishments were helping reunite runaway youth with families in Chicago, organizing with community youth organizations to march in Black Lives […]

The rapid Food and Drug Administration approval of convalescent plasma in the treatment of COVID-19 infected patients is not without risk. As with all transfusions, there is a predictable incidence of side reactions, some of which can be significant. Acute life-threatening damage to the lungs, blood circulation overload and acute allergic reactions are on that […]

The news last week reported Donald Trump’s move to drill and sell oil from the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge, ironically the day after it reported the third warmest temperature ever recorded on Earth: 130 degrees in California. A classic Trump move – foolishly selling into a glutted market and despoiling a national treasure to appeal […]

Maine has become a dumping ground for waste around the Northeast. As states like Massachusetts rightfully ban the disposal of harmful waste in their landfills, a loophole in Maine’s weaker waste laws allow their toxic materials in our state-owned landfills. Out-of-state waste is being processed within Maine to be classified as Maine-generated trash, circumventing Maine’s […]

Republican Sen. Susan Collins has not changed. She continues to work diligently for our state. Any budget votes were bipartisan votes to avoid a government shutdown. Yes. She voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. She also voted for Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominees. She voted against the impeachment of both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. She […]

As I write this, Tropical Storm Lara and Hurricane Marcos are churning their way toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. It’s not clear how much destruction they will leave in their wake as they impact some of the poorest and most COVID-ridden parts of our country. In a similar fashion, our two major political parties are […]

Sen. Susan Collins decries the partisanship in our politics, yet when given an opportunity to be clear on where she stands, she remains silent. She has demurred on whether she would support Donald Trump, because she is concentrating on her race and staying out of presidential politics. In response to a question from WMTW political […]