One of the things I remember most fondly from my youth was a discussion that I had with my Dad when I was about 10 or 11. In previous summers we had been to Yorktown and Jamestown. We had been to Washington D.C. and Gettysburg. My parents made sure to introduce my sisters and I […]

Wednesday should have been a run-of-the-mill step toward another peaceful transition of power in the United States — something we’ve accomplished for more than two centuries. Instead, we saw a sloppy attempt at a coup — an effort to prevent our elected representatives from performing the routine counting of electoral ballots to pave the way […]

“This world is just a little place just the red in the sky, before the sun rises, so let us keep fast hold of hands, that when the birds begin, none of us be missing.” Emily Dickinson You may have heard about the recent extraordinary gifts made by MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, […]

If Dec. 7, 1941 is remembered, thanks to Franklin Roosevelt, as a Day of Infamy, then surely Jan. 6, 2021 will be remembered as a day of equal ignominy, when we were invaded not by a foreign enemy but by ourselves. This attack has been long in the making. To be sure, the toxin injected […]

What’s the difference between Maine and Tennessee? A lot. Maine is the third most successful state in combating COVID-19 while Tennessee ranks seventh from the bottom. Maine has two U.S. senators, one Republican and one Independent, who accept the election of Joe Biden as president. Tennessee has two Republican U.S. senators, who signed on to […]

Last night, Jan. 5, I believe that a coalition of citizens from all parties, ages and walks of life in Georgia took over the slogan that has stood in Maine since 1840. In 2020, Mainers missed the opportunity to replace Susan Collins with a Democrat with the courage to stand up to Trump and help […]

Despite failed lawsuits, recounts and formal confirmation that President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump and his supporters continue to maintain that the election was rigged and that he and the American people are victims of massive voter fraud. This politicization of victimhood is nothing new to the Trump presidency. It […]

My new puppy entered the world on Christmas and he’s already bringing incredible joy into my family – just as many dogs, cats and other bundles of joy are doing for millions during these unusual times. I drove to Punxsutawney over the weekend to choose a Labrador puppy. Sunny, the Lab mom, and Tank, the […]

I read with interest Michael Reagan’s column in Monday’s edition of The Times Record (“2021 can’t be any worse, can it?“). And, with a certain amount of amusement at some of his comments. Frankly, I wondered what sort of world he’s living in. Is he aware that the death toll from the COVID-19 virus is […]