Joe Biden, seemingly DOA, has staged one of the greatest political comebacks in history. On Tuesday night, he won at least nine of Super Tuesday’s 14 primaries, including Texas, which nobody foresaw. He won states where he never set foot and never advertised. He posted shocker wins in the north (Massachusetts, Minnesota), ran the table […]

From time to time I peek in on the Legislature to see what ideas, both terrible and not so terrible are percolating under the dome. My peek was pretty quick this week. I present to you LD 1421 or An Act to Amend the Maine Bail Code. This proposal has been kicking around since early […]

On Feb. 4, 2020, at the State of the Union Address, President Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh. Before announcing the medal, Trump noted that Rush has inspired millions of Americans. The GOP Members in Congress stood up and erupted in loud sustained applause. Rush seemed moved […]

As written about in this column a few months ago, we lost a dear friend last November. Russell Williams lost his life as he rested in his sleeping bag on a bitter cold night not far from the gazebo in downtown Brunswick. In the hopes that this would not happen to anyone else, the staff, […]

Back in January, before the temperature bobbed back up and the rains fell into our yoyo-winter, I drove a few miles to the throat of the trail that leads down into the west side of the Kate Furbish Preserve. It was cold and windless, with enough new snow on the ground to float my cross-country […]

The coronavirus not only has its victims, but it is also a victim. It suffers from an illness once thought to have been stamped out, but now afflicting the government again. It was called the “spoils system.” When Andrew Jackson became president in 1829, he promptly replaced federal government officials with people who were loyal […]

News of the increased spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has prompted concern about the risk of transmission in our Midcoast community. Mid Coast Hospital is working to ensure that our patients and employees are kept as safe and protected as possible from the COVID-19 virus. We are prepared and responding appropriately and proactively following World […]

For much of the 2019-2020 academic year, Syracuse University has been besieged by student protests over how the school handled of a series of racist incidents on campus. In the latest protest, Syracuse student activists have occupied the campus administration building since Feb. 17. Using the hashtag #NotAgainSU, they are calling for action in the […]

Bravo to the Stop the Corridor folks. Their success in getting enough signatures is a testament to the commitment of a concerned citizenry. It gives us an opportunity to put a stop to CMP’s effort to run through Maine a powerline extension cord from the “dirty” Hydro-Quebec mega-dam projects to Massachusetts. I have been involved […]