Responding to a student’s request for information about our beloved state.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
I’m a seer, sort of. My 2015 predictions
At least half of my predictions came true, depending on how you score them.
Permaculture group learning to work as a team, share knowledge
Permaculture combines the best of natural landscaping and edible landscaping.
Critic of ranked-choice voting displays outdated thinking
Ranked-choice voting will ensure that the majority elects our leaders, although he implies otherwise.
Maine’s best season arrives with promise of natural beauty, refreshing air
Spring, summer and fall pale in comparison to a winter of energizing chill and healthful shoveling.
Why do people like Trump even knowing that they probably shouldn’t?
He is last hope of conservative white guys who see the world changing before their eyes.
Politicians say dumb things, but we’re the ones voting
And 30 percent of us are in favor of bombing Agrabah (a fictional place in Disney’s movie, ‘Aladdin’).
When the day begins to head south, get ready, the worst is yet to come
The dent in the car’s door and Clyde both will get fixed at the end of January.
Redistribute tax breaks into pieces for small businesses
Even if one new job is all each can promise, the state and its people will come out ahead in the long run.
Can we be more Christmasy, please?
I don’t see Christmas as being about what we want or what we don’t have, unless it’s the financial ability to provide ‘the perfect gift’ for people we care about.