“Administration,” according to the Merriam Webster dictionary, means “performance of executive duties: management”; also “a body of persons who administer.” As for “coup”, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Cline Center Coup d’Etat Project has categorized the storming of the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, as both an attempted auto-coup and as an attempted […]

Regarding Bobby Charles’ run for governor: good news! He has shown the people of Maine early on that he isn’t fit to be governor and most likely won’t. Holly McKibben Portland

Philosophies and beliefs evolve into religious, political and social systems, frequently combining. In every instance, with every “ism,” sect or split amongst them, each comes to create order, rules they commit to abide by. The most successful recognize the rights of the others to have differences of opinion and policy, and to self-govern by their […]

What a fantastic concert Saturday night by the Down East Brass at Windsor Town Hall. After appealing for funding for the local food bank, due to painful administration cuts, the quintet launched into astounding renditions of 1960s and 1970s pop music. From Dick Clark’s Bandstand theme and Frankie Valli, to the Beach Boys, the Beatles […]

Thank you for carrying the recent article elucidating how better we can focus our efforts to reduce greenhouse gases with its emphasis on reduced air travel. This has not been a subject of much discussion, despite its being the most destructive thing we can do as individuals (tied with cruises). The U.S. government’s policies now […]