Nothing’s better for democracy than misusing it to ask voters to make decisions on complex issues they don’t know squat about. That’s how the city of Portland operates, and it’s working out…
Let’s consider the lie, a political pollutant more ubiquitous than PFAS in the water supply. Like forever chemicals, lies never go away, but unlike PFAS, the reaction we have to blatant falsehoods…
Electricity Maine LLC – A company I had not heard of until receiving our CMP bill last month. Probably many are like us, get the bill and pay CMP whatever the charge…
CMP is once again trying to silence the voice of Mainers. They have asked the courts to deny a jury trial in their vested rights battle. They knew what they were risking…
As our state government pursues a green future, it’s important we ask ourselves if the movement underway will indeed do that. I have serious concerns about that, both as an Earth Scientist…
Attention fanatic right-wingers. As unlikely as it seems, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills just proposed something you ought to like. If such a possibility causes your arch-conservative anatomy to suffer spasms of nausea,…
To all four Maine elected federal officials, salutations. You were elected and took an oath to govern our republic constitutionally and in a responsible manner. Maintaining a budget deficit is neither constitutional…
A curious thing. I have no agenda in writing this letter. I would just like to put something out there, for people to think about, that I think about regularly. There has…
Our federal government isn’t financially sound. It currently carries a debt of $31.5 trillion, give or take a few billion. When baby boomers took control of Congress it was just under $5.0…
When it comes to keeping kids safe, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services is the equivalent of an unlocked shed full of dynamite and matches located next to a playground.…