Now that the dust has settled on the November 2025 elections, it’s worth noting that — once again — elections in Maine lacked even the allegation of illegal voting that lay at the heart of Question 1. While perhaps not the best use of time or money to put that question forward in the first […]

The story behind the Nov. 9 article “Elderly couple in Gray recovers $19,500 from online fraud” started with a Zoom I attended as a volunteer fraud fighter with AARP in late 2024. The presenter stated that 45 states have laws encompassing legislation called “Stop and Hold.” I wondered if Maine is included; it was, but […]

I recently learned that New Mexico has established a trust, modeled after Norway’s national sovereign fund, to provide free, universal child care. In both settings, royalties from natural resource extractions provide the funding.    Imagine if recently acquired tariff revenues were allocated to an American sovereign fund with similar purpose. Without the financial burden of child care, […]

I am 79 years old. Currently I: I don’t get recruited to boards because I’m rich (Social Security is our big paycheck). I am valued because I know how to make things work — a talent that has apparently increased as I have aged. I don’t suspect that there are many Mainers of any age […]

“Quiet, piggy!” Really? With fewer quiet senators, would there have been a “Quiet, piggy!”? Possibly. But it probably wouldn’t have been hissed at a journalist just doing her job on Air Force One. Sen. Susan Collins’ irresponsible silence is her vote of support for such outrages. Calculated, cowardly, quiet in the face of the escalating […]

I believe Gov. Mills is the most electable and, in my view, the best candidate to run against Susan Collins. However, Mills’ age, by the end of a six-year Senate term, is going to be a problem for some voters who are open to replacing Susan Collins. Gov Mills recognizes this and has stated that the most critical period of […]