“All the news that’s fit to print.” That’s the historic motto of the New York Times. But the media often misses “all the news” and is selective because of limited resources or its own biases. Maybe the press hurries too much to beat competition; not everything is “breaking news.” Here are some questions the media […]

As an attorney and a lifelong Democrat, I strongly support Jonathan Sahrbeck for reelection as Cumberland County District Attorney. I’m a criminal defense lawyer with experience working with Mainers suffering from substance abuse disorders, mental illness, trauma and many times a combination. Some face other systemic challenges due to their marginalization based on their socioeconomic, […]

Fox News icon Tucker Carlson recently had a guest on his show promoting the idea that men can increase their testosterone levels by tanning their testicles. This bit was designed to appeal to the fears of white men who believe they are in danger of losing their power to the effete elite. The bow-tied blowhard […]

The Southern Midcoast Housing Coalition is sponsoring a forum at Curtis Library on May 31, 6-8 p.m., to address affordable housing needs in Brunswick and to look at fresh Ideas and opportunities to provide affordable housing. There have been many new projects for market-rate or “luxury” apartments recently approved or near completion in Brunswick, but […]

In the hours after the bombshell leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion toppling Roe v. Wade, I awaited the torrent of Republican-authored press releases vowing to provide every resource the federal government could muster to support the millions of new families they were going to usher into existence. Of course, that didn’t […]

A cool spring morning, with rising wind. It is the season — post-snow and pre-spring-growth — where what’s been thrown and blown away is easy to spot, and I’ve come to this part of Brunswick Landing with 30+ others to clear the area of this hand- and wind-scattered trash. At my back, a one-story building, […]

I started my first business in the 5th grade when I convinced a neighbor to allow me to cut her grass with her electric lawnmower. That project ended in immediate failure. The mower was powered by a long extension cord — a cord I ran over and sliced in two shortly after I began mowing. […]

The Democratic Party has a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome, or at least the “liberal media” projecting its agenda does. “Stockholm Syndrome” refers to “the condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors during captivity,” according to a psychiatric journal. It was coined following an amazing 1973 case in which hostages held […]