To the Republicans, as reflected in their legislation initiatives and their party platform, corporations have achieved “personhood,” as have the few cells that comprise a fertilized egg. While they offer protections to the corporations and the egg, however, they offer no such protections to women and actual children. Republicans don’t tell us that in Maine […]

The east-west highway debate goes on. This should become a referendum like all other outlandish topics this state involves itself in. People who have to pay for vehicle repairs because our roads and bridges are falling apart should vote. They should vote to get rid of the people who even consider spending — or should […]

When I was a youngster about 21, it became my duty and privilege to vote. I didn’t have to study much to be able to spell X. The privilege to vote was on condition that I paid my poll tax of $3. What a deal. About three hours’ work would pay me enough to buy […]

After meeting Darrick Banda and hearing him speak, I came out feeling this young, intelligent man running for district attorney has an impressive background for law. He graduated from the University of Maine, summa cum laude, and the UMaine School of Law. While in the Army ROTC, he served as a summer intern to the […]

After World War II, the American economy thrived for 30 years. Prosperity was shared at all levels of income, with each segment seeing a doubling of income between 1949 and 1979. Top tax rates for the rich of 91 percent under Dwight Eisenhower and 70 percent under Richard Nixon did not slow this economy. During […]