“The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states …”
— Barack Obama, rising star, Democratic convention, 2004
If you were to stroll by the House chamber today — or tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that — you would arrive at the ideal time to see what the lawmakers do best: absolutely nothing.
I can see it clearly: the American literature textbook from my sophomore year in high school, complete with faded red cover, frayed spine, and a list of students who had rifled through its pages in years past.
News that Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng and his family might be allowed to leave China for a university fellowship in the United States brought relief not only to Chen, but also to dissidents around the world.
Suppose you found yourself in the middle of a major natural disaster, such as a hurricane, tornado or earthquake.
When the people of Waterville raised $100,000 at the beginning of the Great Depression to purchase land on Mayflower Hill to keep Colby College in their city, they demonstrated how much the support of the local community can do to enhance the educational mission of a liberal arts college.
The squabbling between political campaigns and the harrumphing of pundits were put in proper perspective at, of all places, the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner — the annual Prom on the Potomac where 2,000 or so media members and movie stars gather to honor the president and admire one another.
Maine is getting old, and we don’t mean geologically. Maine’s citizens are getting older.
Rep. Andre Cushing, R-Hampden, the assistant Republican leader in the Maine House, defends his party’s vote to gut the citizen-initiated Clean Election system.
An April 25 editorial in the three MaineToday Media papers made several points about the Clean Election system that need to be corrected or clarified.
