Concerns have been raised about the ages of various Maine political candidates who will be running for office in the coming year. Incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins, who is running for a sixth term in the United States Senate, will soon turn 73. Aware of Collins’ consistent support for the agenda of President Donald Trump, […]

Graham Platner has been smeared as a secret Nazi by opposition researchers for a chest tattoo that resembled the SS Totenkopf. Skulls, with or without a jawbone or crossed femurs, have been symbols adopted by military units, particularly those viewed as elite, since long before pirates used it for a flag. The elite Marine Raider […]

See something, say something. We’ve often heard this phrase as a way to keep our society a safer place. The news often shows current threats such as a man with guns at an airport canvasing the security checkpoints then being arrested,  boats heading toward the U.S. with lethal illegal drugs, etc. People see something, say […]

One of the things Republicans often say they care about, at least during Democratic administrations, is the budget deficit. Given that our nation has added $1 trillion to the national debt in the last two months, driving it from $37 trillion to $38 trillion, their sudden silence on the subject is odd. This is partly […]

Graham Platner is my friend. His mother runs a local restaurant. His father was lawyer for me and my neighbors until he retired, handling title searches, divorces, wills and bankruptcies. He was the closest thing to Atticus Finch we had in Ellsworth. When I needed new chain on my mooring last June, I asked Graham for […]

As I contemplate next year’s Maine Democratic Party primary for Senate, involving the two leading candidates — Gov. Janet Mills and Graham Platner — the highly quotable phrase attributed to legendary baseball player Yogi Berra comes to mind: “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” In 1968, I was a graduate student at Columbia University […]