I enthusiastically support funding and building the proposed new Edward Little High School. The current school is old and increasingly difficult and expensive to maintain. The planned new school is future-looking and extremely well thought out. It will serve not just our students and teachers but our entire community for the next several generations. To […]

Yet again the public is being told that there is a crisis at the Mexican border — massed hordes of murderous Mexican marauders coming across the border to rape God-fearing white women and slaughter helpless innocent citizens while laying waste to the country. Hmmm. Actually, that is a lie. And a big one. Since 2015 […]

I can’t help but wonder — what has happened to Gov. Janet Mills? She is so gung-ho for that transmission line foolishness that would cut through Maine. Even her home town of Farmington is against it. Signs beside the roads say “no.” It stands to reason that she should be against it. She should stop […]

A recent article about statewide pre-kindergarten expansion is great news for parents who want to ensure their kids develop the social-emotional, pre-literacy and pre-math skills they will need for long-term academic success. It is also great news to see so many law enforcement leaders who have been strong advocates for increasing investments in early childhood […]

Passage of LD 816 would make Maine a popular vote state. It is a horrible idea. I am a non-preference voter or, as some say, an independent. I am not beholden to any party. I vote the person, not the party. I strongly believe every vote counts and have voted in every election for more […]

The basic model for teaching school-age children hasn’t changed in the past 150 years. There is still a classroom with a teacher and a room full of students. Why? We now have the internet, Skype and free computers for the kids, yet we still use the old classroom model, while many colleges and schools offer […]

I have lived in Maine all my life. As a Mainer, I have been both a recipient and a provider of the generosity of Maine people. When my mother,  a single parent, was temporarily disabled from a workplace injury, the neighbors lined up to ensure that we had casseroles to eat. In Maine, we help our […]

While the news from Washington these days consists largely of confrontations between the White House and Congress, other serious concerns are being overlooked. The current administration is doing its best to ignore and suppress science. To that end, I hope that Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden will support the Scientific […]

Maine needs to change its voting system for political primaries. More than 400,000 registered Maine voters can’t vote in the primaries. Why? Because they are not registered in a political party.  And many are not registered in a political party because the major parties are broken and are the cause for so much gridlock in […]

About the “open primaries” thing — assume that I am new in town and consider myself an informed citizen who keeps up with government. I want to register to vote. I would have to decide what party I want to affiliate with, or whether I want to be an “unenrolled” voter (a so-called independent). I […]