I am a 94-year-old Jewish American who still has fire left in the belly. I enlisted and served for three and a half years in the United States Marine Corps. My father was born in Odessa, Ukraine, and my mother was born in a small village near Moscow. Persecuted by pogroms, they emigrated to Canada and then […]

Sen. Angus King often talks about the danger of authoritarianism from the Trump presidency. He defends his work to pass legislation to end the shutdown in part because of his concern that the president gained powers when the government was shut down and to end the pain that many Americans felt as a consequence of […]

I had to put time aside to write to Victoria Hugo-Vidal to thank, commend and applaud her Nov. 16 column (“Virtue signaling is out, vice signaling is in”), which was a masterpiece. She nailed it! The influence of this foul administration! Over and over, I think to myself (I live alone) exactly what Hugo-Vidal concisely […]

Do we want the Chinese yuan or the American dollar to be the future international currency? In what condition should our children inherit this planet?  In the warming world of 2025, China is projected to be the largest investor in clean energy globally, investing significantly more than the U.S. and the European Union combined. Phenomenally, […]

I’m confused, what exactly is conservatism, and what does it represent? Conservatives are supposed to be the law and order party, but they put a convicted felon/adjudicated rapist/con man into the White House. They ignored the attack on our Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while Congress was in session, and lives were lost. On that […]

Amidst the campaigning this year, it is disappointing that neither side considered the experience of five European countries that do not have minimum wage laws, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland (which ranks among the happiest countries in the world), Norway and Switzerland. Yes, they all have strong union representation that negotiates with industry trade groups to set […]

Imagine waking up each morning knowing every task in our workday now takes three to five times longer. Many of us would pull the covers over our heads (at best) or give up (at worst). But this is the reality facing staff members at Maine’s community colleges — and they haven’t given up. A new […]