It is universally acknowledged that the 9/11 Commission is the gold standard for after event investigatory panels, an example of what can be accomplished when partisan political considerations are cast aside and the search for truth is an actual search for truth. As the debate intensifies in Congress over creating a commission to examine the […]

In the first big test of the Biden presidency on Feb. 27, just two House Democrats voted against the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill that’s expected to clear the Senate and become law by mid-March. One of them was Jared Golden, the second term representative of Maine’s increasingly tricky 2nd District. The northern and eastern […]

Get this: A study by McGill University has found that more money does not necessarily make people in low-income countries happier. I like more money as much as the next guy, but that does not surprise me. People in some developing countries may not have high incomes and own lots of nice material things, but they do […]

Gordon Weil in his commentary “Political parties today: Democrats and Anti-Democrats,” (The Times Record, Feb. 26) stated: “Driven by intense personal ambition, Trump did not have much of a policy of his own… .” I would further suggest that Trump had no policy at all and was driven by something way more sinister, imbedded deep […]

Gov. Janet Mills is facing many challenges, with a surging pandemic and its economic devastation at the top of the list. The arduous process of choosing hundreds of appointees to staff state agencies to manage these crises, is on-going. As president of the Maine Association of Nurse Anesthetists, I would entreat Gov. Mills to consider […]

Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas that left millions without power or clean water during February’s deep freeze. Many have blamed the state’s deregulated electricity market, arguing that Texas prioritized cheap power over reliability. But climate extremes are wreaking increasing havoc on energy systems across the U.S., […]