I come from a family of fighting men. My cousin Adolph was a paratrooper who landed at Normandy on D-Day, and the parachute he used – stained with blood and dirt – was turned into my cousin Helen’s wedding dress. My father spent two years in Thule Greenland, at a godforsaken outpost at the North […]

The Twenty-Year War is ending with the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. But America’s longest ever war cannot simply be understood by the evacuation from Kabul. Here are key questions about this wasteful conflict that can help put the war in perspective. Why did the U.S. go to war in Afghanistan? After the 9/11 attacks in […]

Maine State Music Theatre weathering storm, thanks to community “Jersey Boys,” Maine State Music Theatre’s production celebrating the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, opens next week. Our first mainstage production in two years is energetic, entertaining, and something we are very proud of, but it is unfortunately not the only reason we […]

As the world watches, the United States effort to withdraw the military from Afghanistan and evacuate Americans has turned into a political, diplomatic, and public relations disaster. It threatens to define the Biden presidency, undermine its legislative agenda and become a dominant issue in the 2022 Congressional midterm elections. In the run up to the […]

On a recent visit to Popham Beach, we happened upon a family gathering near the long entrance to the beach. The group included an older woman in a wheel chair with big rubber wheels designed especially for the beach. It appeared she was dealing with cancer or some other major illness. Her grandson was pushing […]

Sometime over the course of this summer, Brunswick stopped being a place where I go to college and became a place I call home. Looking back, I am amazed at how little I knew about Brunswick during my first two years at Bowdoin. My knowledge of the town only extended as far as Maine Street […]