Another global spectacle by President Trump, this time in Alaska, on Aug. 15, when he stood on an actual red carpet and played acolyte and cypher to a superior negotiator, tactician and strategist, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Days before, Trump had bombasted vainglorious assertions that he’d put red line demands on Putin and, if the […]

For years, Maine’s disabled public service retirees faced a punitive and outdated policy: the MainePERS Social Security Disability offset. This offset allowed MainePERS to profit with full employee and employer contributions while paying reduced benefits for a tiny subset — those whose public service job paid into both MainePERS and Social Security and are receiving […]

I suggest that Democrat leaders all over the country create a united, positive vision for the Democratic Party and create it sooner than later. In 2025, Donald Trump hammered home his vision that Democrats, so-called elites and wokes, were the “deep state” weaponizing against him. It worked and helped him win in 2024. Democrats all […]

I find it interesting that many of the people who want to limit the number of people who vote (i.e., upcoming Maine voter ID referendum) also want to increase the number of people detained and deported. The word “arrested” would be inappropriate; that would require a warrant and due process. Maybe kidnapping is closer to […]

There are two wars being fought with American interests at heart. The war in Gaza has killed over 80,000 people using American weapons and with American presidential approval. It should be noted that the Palestinians have never been a threat to the U.S. On the other hand, our security and that of Europe depend on […]

Sen. Susan Collins’ failure to condemn the militarization of the Washington, D.C., police force conflicts with even the most fundamental tenets of her legal training. Simply put, soldiers are not cops and cops are not soldiers. Fascism or democracy? She should choose a side or perhaps the voting public of Maine should choose a senator […]

I support the voter ID referendum for Maine, and recommend that all others do, too. Here are two reasons to consider. Being from a military family and having voted in many different states, voting in Maine was a surprising outlier to me. I remember being almost shocked that they didn’t ask for my ID. Maine […]