Don’t be fooled by ICE and Border Patrol agents claiming they need to hide their identities. No other law enforcement agency is allowed to conceal identity while exercising power over people’s lives. ICE agents don’t want us to identify them in order to keep us from holding them accountable.  Accountability is not a threat, it’s […]

Robert Mueller was a lifelong public servant. He was a Marine Corps officer in the Vietnam War, during which he was wounded. He became a federal prosecutor, covering organized crime, terrorism and public corruption. He was a conservative Republican, nominated by President George W. Bush to direct the Federal Bureau of Investigation and took office just a […]

Most of us swipe or tap a credit card every day without thinking about what happens behind the scenes. But as a small business owner, I rely on the back end of that system every day. When a customer pays with a card, the payment moves through a network that verifies the charge, protects against fraud […]

I support Graham Platner because he will fight for the working and middle classes.  I share Platner’s anger and concern that the billionaire class is engaging in a corporate raid of our government, its resources and protections. Under the guise of waste and fraud, the current administration has been cutting every “common good” program it […]

Sen. Susan Collins is a nice lady and I am sure she has done a lot in her many years in the U.S. Senate. The Republicans are pouring a great deal of money into her advertising campaign, but I wonder why they won’t let her talk for herself in the ads. She just stands there, […]

Keeping up with paperwork is a headache these days. Searching for forms, filling out forms and remembering passwords for forms all make me cringe. Imagine, every time we register to vote in a town or state or federal election, we need to find and take our birth certificate (now, where is that piece of paper?). […]

I have always supported Gov. Janet Mills. I can’t, however, support her in the race against Sen. Susan Collins. Mills will be 79 when she enters the Senate — a second term at 85 and finishing at 91. Mills will not pull Republican votes, or a substantial number of independents. I believe, however, that Graham […]

As U.S. soldiers are being wounded and dying, President Trump has decided to pump billions of dollars into Putin’s Russia by loosening sanctions on Russian oil. Putin, who buys drones from Iran and is assisting Iran in targeting U.S. assets in the Middle East. Putin, who is fighting a war to overthrow Ukrainian democracy. That […]

In a letter of mine from a few months ago, I argued that those receiving health care should be required to engage in behavior that promotes health. That requirement would reduce costs (by not providing health care for those who abused their bodies), and would increase health (some of those who would otherwise abuse their […]