News that Former President Jimmy Carter has entered hospice has renewed interest in his come out of nowhere – “Jimmy who?” – campaign for president. In this, Maine played an often overlooked…
Legislative leaders in Maine and Washington have recently share a dilemma over how to handle allegations lodged against their House members for serious misconduct. At the federal level, it’s the unrelenting cascade…
The end of one year and the beginning of another is a customary occasion to pay tribute to those who have joined the “great majority, meaning those who have departed this life…
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ recent announcement of a recall of profanity themed vanity plates is an occasion to take a look at the most prominent and enduring proclamations that decorate vehicles…
If the 1970’s should be remembered for anything when it comes to in-person campaigning for political office it might be the decade when it underwent a major transformation of its retail horizons.…
The overturning of Roe v. Wade, capsizing federal climate change regulations, and other recent landmark decisions have occasioned a re-thinking of the way members of the nation’s highest court are selected. The…
Linn Wells pulled no punches. It’s Saturday, May 30, 1970. The long-time Bowdoin coach, eight-year Navy veteran and television sportscaster was outraged. Now station manager and “roving reporter” for Farmington’s WKTJ, Wells…
By Paul Mills My last column featured the early life of Johnny Lee, who had many ties to Maine and died just a few weeks ago just shy of his 93rd birthday.…
By Paul Mills The man who has had more close calls and dodged more bullets than just about any person I have ever known died at the end of March. The wonder…
At age 20, too young to vote for himself, he won a contested primary election for state representative. The next year he would be the youngest member of the Maine legislature. And…