Keeping up with paperwork is a headache these days. Searching for forms, filling out forms and remembering passwords for forms all make me cringe. Imagine, every time we register to vote in a town or state or federal election, we need to find and take our birth certificate (now, where is that piece of paper?). […]

I have always supported Gov. Janet Mills. I can’t, however, support her in the race against Sen. Susan Collins. Mills will be 79 when she enters the Senate — a second term at 85 and finishing at 91. Mills will not pull Republican votes, or a substantial number of independents. I believe, however, that Graham […]

As U.S. soldiers are being wounded and dying, President Trump has decided to pump billions of dollars into Putin’s Russia by loosening sanctions on Russian oil. Putin, who buys drones from Iran and is assisting Iran in targeting U.S. assets in the Middle East. Putin, who is fighting a war to overthrow Ukrainian democracy. That […]

In a letter of mine from a few months ago, I argued that those receiving health care should be required to engage in behavior that promotes health. That requirement would reduce costs (by not providing health care for those who abused their bodies), and would increase health (some of those who would otherwise abuse their […]

One of Sen. Susan Collins’ latest Tuesday Reports came in full of smiling pictures and a list of local groups she had recently met with: two Native American tribes, bankers, college students, public housing directors and Hospitality Maine among them. Collins mentioned introducing bills to save seniors from scams and pay honor to fallen firefighters.  […]

There are two basic tenets of authoritarianism: loyalty and lies. With our current authoritarian Republican administration, we could add a third: lawlessness.  “… my own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me … I don’t need international law,” says the ruler of this regime, who has insulted our treaties and […]