There are a number of things we can do to help us get through painfully boring meetings. You probably know most of them, if meetings are your forte, or if your continued employment depends on your having to attend lots of them. You know, there is a population of folks out there who actually love […]

Winter always brings its challenges: increased fuel costs, the hassle and expense of snow removal, a mood-affecting lack of sunlight — but this year, Maine was dealt a harsher blow than usual, with devastating back-to-back-to-back storms walloping communities across the state. Here on the coast, we barely had time to pick up the pieces between […]

Last week, I got an email from a long-time friend, Hugh Hardcastle. The person who will be speaking at his church on February 11 wanted members of the congregation to write a poem about love, and Hugh shared his offering: Journey of Love In the beginning all excitement and starry eyes Boundless joy and wonder […]

“It’s like déjà vu all over again.” These memorable words, attributed to the great Yogi Berra, fit the attempts to come up with an immigration policy. In 2013, a bipartisan group of senators developed a comprehensive package on immigration policy reforms. It could pass the Senate, but the House Republicans refused to consider it and […]