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…
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,…
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.…
Tax break. That seems like something good. Much nicer than calling it a “fiscal fracture,” which more accurately describes the effect of cutting expenses for one group while raising them for everybody…
Maybe you thought solar power works like this: You put a panel or two on your roof to capture the sun’s energy, run an electrical cord from there to your toaster oven,…
As they slouch toward another new year, our political leaders desperately need to make some resolutions – even though everyone knows there’s no way in hell they’ll keep them. Given that such…
Maine Republicans are intent on doing stupid. Being in the minority in the Legislature, it might appear there’s not much else for them to do. But you’d think doing stupid wouldn’t be…
My plan this week was to write a scathing column about the Maine Supreme Judicial Court’s boneheaded decision allowing Central Maine Power to run its energy corridor to Massachusetts across public lands…
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…
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…