MSAD 75 board actions signals return to civility The MSAD 75 Board of Directors Meeting on Oct. 21 left me with hope, but not for the most obvious reason. The board voted 10-3 (with 1 absent) to continue the district’s universal masking policy until Interim Superintendent Lucy makes a recommendation not to. This is less […]

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. Those words written by my father, which are inscribed in stone at his gravesite, could very well have been referring to Colin Powell and his life. Powell […]

During an appearance in his childhood home of Scranton, Pa. this week, President Joe Biden made the case for congressional approval of his nearly $2 trillion dollar ‘Build Back Better’ agenda, which is currently in the midst of a tug-of-war between progressive and moderate Democrats on Capitol Hill. Biden put a particular spotlight on $350 […]

Vote Harris for Brunswick School Board I am writing to express my support for Erica Carley Harris’s candidacy for Brunswick School Board. Erica grew up in Cumberland where my wife, our two sons and I lived for 25 years. She was a terrific student at Greely high school and went on to earn a bachelor’s […]

We’ve long known about Colin Powell’s worst public sin. He finally acknowledged it nine years ago when he wrote, “I was mad at myself for not having smelled the problem. My instincts failed me.” The invasion hawks in the Bush regime exploited Powell’s good name to make a bad case for a bad war in […]

… but COVID-19 may be a different story