What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered sharply different views. Trump asserts that Western states haven’t done enough logging and brush clearance, allowing fuels to build up in forests. “When trees fall down after a short period of time, about 18 months, they […]

Ty Rewolinski doesn’t look like a loser. Or a sucker. Standing on a Harrisburg street corner outside the headquarters of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, Rewolinski looks like what he once was: A U.S. Marine Corps sergeant who served his country in Iraq. He’s tall and broad and self-contained. His eyes are alert. A silver cross dangles […]

The Maine Secretary of State’s voter registration data shows that 32% of registered Maine voters declined to enroll in the two major political parties, a number rising to 36% when you add voters enrolled as Greens. With all due respect and appreciation for partisan activists sincerely concerned with the wellbeing of Maine people, I’m inclined […]

Vote McCreight We are living in incredibly stressful times. Never in my 75 years has our country had to confront daily a deadly pandemic, severe unemployment, school and day care uncertainties, and people taking to the streets to protest racism in our law enforcement institutions. All of us, especially our more vulnerable youth, are experiencing […]

Portland is ending its hottest summer ever and Gulf of Maine waters, among the world’s fastest-warming, are far above normal this year. The West Coast is on fire and named Atlantic storms are running through the alphabet. Widening the lens, global warming and weirding are undermining survival of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, as […]

We are not losers I am just a year older than our president. I joined the United States Navy in 1969, the third generation of my family to serve our country in time of war. I am proud of my service and even more proud that my son became the fourth generation of our family […]

Relax. This is not a column on the efficacy of wearing masks. Who has the energy anymore? I’m wearing one in case it prevents me or someone else from getting sick. That’s pretty much it. If it turns out that it didn’t do any good, so be it. Unless my fogged up glasses cause me […]

Plan now to make your vote count This November, Maine voters will select their choice for President/Vice President and elect one of Maine’s two U.S. Senators, Maine’s Representatives to Congress and members of the Maine Legislature. This will be the first presidential election where voters will be exercising their right to vote during a deadly […]