Springtime has arrived in Washington, D.C. The National Cherry Blossom festival is underway. Some 3,700 cherry trees, given to America by the Japanese in 1912, will soon be in full bloom. I lived in the D.C. area nearly eight years and always looked forward to this time of year. Family and friends would visit to […]

Where do we go next? What do we do now? Those are the questions I found myself asking after I spoke to a panel of gun violence reduction activists this week. It was two nights after the murders in Boulder, a week after the rampage in Atlanta, and hours after the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee […]

I am writing in regard to the article in the March 24 issue of The Times Record reporting on the closing of the Brunswick landfill and the costs of the annual waste disposal plan (“After landfill closes, Brunswick eyes $1.29 million annual waste disposal plan”). The article explains the cost of waste disposal with a […]

“No taxation without representation!” We all heard that in our history classes in relation to the beginning of the American Revolution. It was a rallying cry that helped bring the United States of America into being. As wonderful as our country is, there was an oversight. That is the status of the District of Columbia, […]

He may not be the fastest president on his feet we’ve ever had. He may bore you to death compared to the last president. But I will tell you, if anyone in the NFL is looking for a punter, Joe Biden is your man. The president didn’t blow up or melt down at his first, […]