Following the military operation in Venezuela, the English journalist Ed Luce described President Trump as “drunk on power.” In her Vanity Fair interview, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, described her boss as having “an alcoholic personality.” Trump agreed. It should be obvious to us by now that Trump acts like a mob boss, corrupt […]

As a retired physical therapist, who spent much of my 42-year career working with pulmonary patients, I am beyond excited to read of this legislation to make long-time polluters pay for the damage done to our air quality and climate in Maine. We are, as they say, at the tailpipe end of wind currents that come […]

I don’t understand how a world leader can maintain his power when he takes every opportunity to frame his world view in the language of a juvenile delinquent. A showcase of bad grammar, ill will and sick humor, any time of the day, only serves the aggrandizement of an unstable personality. To be sure, being […]

President Trump says he has to answer only to himself and his morality as to the limits of his authority. He doesn’t feel bound by laws or treaties. He arbitrarily ordered the killing of supposed drug smugglers without providing proof. He unilaterally sent troops into Venezuela. He has shown no remorse for the killing of […]

I remember, not too long ago, a promise was made to drain the political swamp. It appears that this political quagmire is just more brackish. A very large “bully-frog” sits upon the largest lily pad.  When not snoozing, he croaks at his bumbling under-frogs that occupy leadership positions in his failing ecosystem like the Department […]

On Friday, Jan. 9, the moderators of PBS NewsHour ended their broadcast with the  announcement that — because of the fiscal crisis created by the Trump administration’s defunding of the Corporation For Public Broadcasting — PBS News Weekend would have to be discontinued. The regret voiced by Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz was palpable. Then, […]

I am writing in response to the Jan. 11 article “Maine teacher prep programs call foul after getting an F for how they teach reading.”  As a literacy specialist and concerned citizen, I find the University of Maine’s defensive response to the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) report disturbing. Maine’s abysmal National Assessment of […]