Maine can’t make progress through ballot initiatives alone.

Two vending machines stand in a lobby, side by side. You insert a dollar in each machine. The first gives you a dollar back, and the second gives you $8 back. Which would you choose? Amazingly, when that question was posed to students in a University of Maine at Augusta environmental studies class, they opted […]

A shockingly unambitious budget wish list showed the shutdown wasn’t about ideology, money, or principle.

You’ve got to commit to making a decision.

We need leaders who focus on their responsibilities, not themselves.

Wonder Woman is the perfect hero for the Trump era.

They’re dignified, self-effacing, endlessly kind, and they talk slow so you can butt in.

Those around you who see opportunity and have faith in a brighter future are worthy of a parade.

Regardless of whether you supported the referendums or not, there’s no denying that legislative efforts to revise them were virtually unprecedented.