You need a permit to walk around downtown. You need a license to dance. Warren Zevon, “Life’ll Kill Ya” Maine requires members of an awful lot of professions to get permission from…
Last night I was awakened by a low flying aircraft and a blast of wind that followed. The combination led me to recall auditory signals that might precede a nuclear blast. I…
Computers have been with us for a long time now. My father used them in 1970 while studying Electrical Engineering Technology. They used punch cards to input machine code and output results.…
Now that the election is over, and Democrats are firmly in control of everything in Augusta, they can get back to doing what they do best: Giving jobs to political hacks. On…
Remember dioxin? Chances are you haven’t thought much about that highly toxic substance in years, because who wants to think about something so unpleasant. Besides, over the past three decades, the government…
March 16, 2003 “I’m in Tantalon, Nova Scotia. I’ve been in Canada since Congress voted to authorize war in Iraq. I’m angry. We should have been allowed to introduce security measures that…
There’s no truth to the rumor that newly re-elected Democratic Gov. Janet Mills intends to have Paul LePage’s head mounted on a plaque and displayed above the Blaine House mantel. But it’s…
Though mixed race people become a regular occurrence in American colonies early on, few involving a mixture indigenous and immigrant ancestry gain acceptance. This is in large part due to the social…
November 11 is the day we honor vets, but we should honor them any chance we get. EVERY DAY SHOULD BE VETERAN’S DAY! – here’s why. What is a veteran? There are…
I’ve been going back and forth with the editor of Sun Journal regarding letters I’ve submitted on the effort to kill the NECEC since 2019. That began when a letter was rejected…