Karens continued In today’s lingo, Karen has taken on the meaning of white privileged women who are racist, entitled and obnoxious. A prime example is the woman in Central Park that went after a black bird watcher. In Jonathan Crimmins’ column of July 23, he equates the term to people who pointed out that the […]

I do actually listen to what people have to say — contrary to what my wife says. And if our politicians lean their voice my way, then I am more than happy to hear them out. However, down here in the 1st District there is a strange, eerie silence. The silence of the Republicans. I’ve […]

For Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, there was no more important goal in 2016 that preserving a Republican majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. He blocked President Obama’s nominee for nearly a year by the simple expedient of refusing to consider it. After Donald Trump won the presidency, McConnell scuttled the Senate filibuster for high […]

The number of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. has jumped to over 50,000 a day, and the virus has killed more than 130,000 Americans. Yet, I still hear myths about the infection that has created the worst public health crisis in America in a century. The purveyors of these myths, including politicians who have […]

The war about reopening the economy is being fought about as fiercely as the war against Covid-19 itself. Maine is caught in this war between public health officials and open economy advocates. The conflict can be partisan. The unanimous Legislature gave Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, authority to fight the spread of the virus. She […]

You don’t have to be a private eye to find ample evidence that Donald Trump deserves the racist label. He learned at the knee of his father Fred Trump, whose real estate companies consistently discriminated against potential black tenants. He burst on the political scene by questioning Barack Obama’s birthplace of origin. He led his […]

Maine has the snakiest, cranniest coast of any state in the country – 3,478 miles of it! That’s longer than any state except for Florida and Louisiana. That makes Maine’s coast complex and filled with places to explore — if you have a boat, or if you have access to the water. But, for others […]

I will admit that I was a little late to the party in regards to Karens. I had heard the term for months but I was not really sure who or to what it was in reference. For those as equally out of touch with the verbiage of our youth as I am, a Karen, […]