By Paul Mills The re-introduction this spring of legislation that would send out to Maine voters an Equal Rights Amendment to the State Constitution has shed renewed light on the status of…
By Paul Mills Just 70 years ago this year, Maine, after one of its driest summers, suffered a natural disaster that surpassed any in memory, the fires of 1947. It was a…
By Paul Mills He was as elusive and mythological as the Abominable Snowman, as mysterious and as feared as Loch Ness and Bigfoot. But he was somewhere among us in Central Maine.…
By Paul Mills
In the first place, it’s of course well known that Washington wasn’t born on the third Monday of February. Indeed, under the calendar system in use at the time of…
By Paul Mills
With thousands of different names for communities, mountains, hills, lakes and streams in our state it’s surprising how few are associated with America’s premiere holiday. This columnist’s own survey has…
With even Donald Trump sometimes advocating electoral college reform, it’s likely that this school’s accreditation may be seriously challenged when Congress matriculates next year.…
By Paul H. Mills Though Maine voters may not be as animated as usual about voting for president this year – many wanting to sit this one out – they still have…
By Paul Mills Recent polls show Hillary Clinton out in front in Maine’s First District. They also show Donald Trump ahead in the Second. The state’s split identity has drawn renewed attention…
By Paul Mills My last column was the first part of a review of what will likely be the most comprehensive published study of the remarkable career of Maine’s George Mitchell. When…
By Paul Mills In 2015, former Senator George Mitchell, released his first book in 16 years, The Negotiator. It was his first and so far his only multi-subject memoir. In it, he…