“This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades,” says a top U.S. banker. American constitutional government halts, blocked by the failure of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives to compromise and resume their role in government. The process of government becomes hostage to a small group of extreme […]

Are these people insecure or something? Did they suffer from some sort of childhood thing? You know who I mean — the word snobs. Word snobs are people who dearly love to partake in what is a normal exchange of ideas and conversations among friends or colleagues and to then deliberately drop in a word […]

A number of years ago, when a group of us were trying to envision and plan for what would become The Gathering Place (TGP), one of the goals that we set forth was that it should be a community. Everyone who participated would feel and, in fact, have ownership of it. We did not want […]

We have the opportunity on Nov. 7 to replace the state’s two profit-driven, investor-owned utilities with Pine Tree Power, a nonprofit utility owned by us, the consumers, not wealthy shareholders. By voting ‘yes’ on Question 3, we will not only ensure better rates for all Mainers and fewer outages, but we will also ensure that […]

If you’re driving west on River Road toward Durham, look carefully to your right just beyond the overpass and you might see a small white fence. If you get out of your car and get up close, you’ll see a sign at the top of that fence that reads, “Hartwell & Little Yard Cemetery.” A […]