In 2010, I was offered work providing geologic intelligence to the Pentagon. I didn’t take it because I couldn’t be certain the information I provided would not be used to further destabilize…
With fuel oil prices running an average of $2 more per gallon than just a year ago, there’s already an understandable amount of anxiety among residents across the state as we approach…
Allow me to state the obvious: Legislative candidates should answer all questions about their stands on important issues, whether those queries come from voters or the news media. To do otherwise makes…
In 1824, Joseph Fourier demonstrated the presence of a greenhouse effect on Earth by showing the average global temperature of our planet would be lower if all other factors were accounted for.…
There’s nothing more fun than watching political candidates in a televised debate. Get out the chips and salsa, crack a beer, and settle back for some quality entertainment. Beats watching the New…
Though the FBI investigates about as many threats of domestic terrorist attack as they do attacks inspired by foreign elements (about 1000 at any given time), republican lawmakers continue to oppose the…
There are lots of good arguments against democracy. As Oscar Wilde put it, “Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.” George Bernard Shaw offered this…
There’s a lot of myth surrounding anxiety disorders like PTSD. One of the most pervasive is that those who suffer it have a difficult time organizing their thoughts and pose a risk…
The Maine people and most of our legislators were late to the table in learning of CMP’s plan for CORRIDOR STATUS through the western Maine mountain wilderness. We pushed back with a…
Scientific fact: Books can’t make you gay. Or lesbian. Or transgendered. But it appears books make some people crazy. In recent months, Maine has experienced a sharp increase in cases of the…