In Maine, we are fortunate to have leaders like Secretary of State Shenna Bellows who treat elections as a public trust — not a political weapon.  When the federal government demands state voter data, it isn’t just a routine records request; it can become a way to build centralized lists of citizens that are searchable, […]

Sen. Susan Collins was afraid when someone wrote in chalk on the sidewalk in front of her home. It is hard to square that with her tolerance of the tactics of ICE that include physical assault and execution. I agree with her that illegal immigration needs to be addressed. It must be done though following the […]

I’m worried about the coming elections. My concern is that the vote (against MAGA) would be split in Maine. Gov. Mills and Graham Platner seem to be neck and neck so far. If Democrats are not careful, they could lose if they don’t come together with their votes.  Voters should keep this in mind when they […]

We would like to thank the Maine State Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee for its recent leadership and unanimous support for strengthening and protecting the Fund for a Healthy Maine (FHM), a cornerstone of Maine’s public health and prevention efforts. One bill directs a portion of the state’s tobacco excise tax revenue to the […]

There have been a lot of words bandied about by this ignominious administration, since CBP and ICE murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti, most of which have been used to deflect blame or cause anger. What I haven’t heard from a single one of those soul vacuums is anything even remotely resembling an apology.  I […]

This is just a comment about the commitment of local business to local causes. In the list of businesses that were shutting down last week, or not shutting down but making a donation in support of the national strike in support of the anti-ICE movement, there was not one national chain that I could find. […]

Women’s and girls’ sports exist for one reason: to give women and girls a fair, safe place tocompete. That principle should be non-controversial. Yet under Democratic leadership — and with Janet Mills as governor — Maine has been pushed to abandon it. Gov. Mills has not stood up for women. Instead, she openly defied efforts […]

I was wishing I could go back East.  I know a bit about the people living in my great-grandfather’s old home in Jonesport, Maine, after all. Isn’t that enough? Then the radio announced that they had gone into Maine.   The story of the one-sided Battle of Venezuela had abruptly ended, and it made me wonder: Was it […]