I read the story in the March 24 Press Herald on Dakota Adams with great interest. For those who missed it, the story is about a son traumatized by his father’s influence and upbringing. Adams’ father is Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, who led the mob that ransacked our Capitol to prevent […]
I recently read stories in the Press Herald about the unprecedented flooding of Maine’s coastal communities, the new installation in Gorham of the Cross Town 175 MW/350 MWh battery storage for our grid, and about Donald Trump winning the Iowa caucuses. Two of these stories feature the disasters we should consider as the Republican Party […]
It is a foregone conclusion that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election. This should not mean that his name should be allowed on a Maine ballot. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution. Reasonable people will agree that he broke that oath once he fueled the insurrection in […]
What makes America great is: We all have the right to question the party line. Neither Democrats nor Republicans are a monolith acting in unison, believing the same thing. What made America work in the past was that we forged compromise out of the notion that we are stronger together than apart, and that dialogue […]
The corporations that don’t want Maine to vote for Pine Tree Power are spending a lot of money to confuse us. Let’s take their advertisement about adding an estimated $13.5 billion to Maine debt. The ad is designed to take advantage of our fear of taxes. All corporations have debt. They would rather we didn’t […]