With regard to what we consider, and deserve, as presidential attributes are: leadership skills; sound decision-making abilities; honesty; trust; mental health; empathy; future vision; integrity; intelligence; ability to stay calm under pressure; and respect for the rule of law. Our current tenant, Donald Trump, lacks much of what we simply desire and expect in a […]

We the people have a big problem right now. The national debt is climbing again to $37 trillion and the interest that taxpayers will pay this year is $952 billion. Some are thinking, “That’s not real money, it’s not on me!” Actually, that is real money. It will be paid this year and it will […]

If we squeeze one end of a water balloon, the other end gets bigger. So when the federal government squeezes FEMA and Medicaid, for example, who takes responsibility for paying for repairs to infrastructure after natural disasters and for health care for families who may already be working but can’t afford health insurance? We may […]

This summer we’re making our annual pilgrimage to Prince Edward Island. And soon I’ll be taking my wife to Quebec City for our anniversary. I hear talk of tensions between the U.S. and Canada. People are fearful and angry. But, as in any relationship, spending time together with the ones we love is always the […]

I applaud the organizers of the protests against President Trump’s disdain for the Constitution and disrespect for people here and around the world. But this is not 1963, when television images of young Black kids being attacked by police dogs pricked America’s conscience and created an environment favorable to the eventual passage of the Civil […]

Democrats are advised to give President Trump the honor that the office of the president deserves. That’s fine, except that the president should reciprocate. In most of his midnight texts, he refers to Democrats as radical left-wing lunatics. As long as he keeps demonstrating his lack of bipartisanship, he will be the president, but he […]

Like a bug being crushed underneath a heel — that’s what fascism feels like. And that’s what President Trump and his minions intend — to keep everyone feeling so low that no one has the energy to act. Everything this chainsaw administration proposes is heart-wrenching: deeper than deep cuts to social services, education, medical research, […]

I would like to applaud and strongly support what critic Jon Calame said in his May 18, 2025 column in the Sunday Telegram regarding the proposed Old Port Square tower. I think Calame was being very polite in his opposition to the tower. I think such a building would be an obscenity. Maybe some think […]