Politics & Other Mistakes: The second (or third) coming
It’s time to recalibrate our definition of “far-right fanatic.”
According to the assessment of a person I’ll get to in a moment, former Republican Gov....
Politics & Other Mistakes: Third-party pitfalls
I have nothing against third parties. For decades, I’ve been a card-carrying member of the Keg Party, which advocates, well, not much of anything,...
The Universal Notebook: Trump and his ‘Sedition Caucus’
The U.S. Code defines “seditious conspiracy” as follows:
“If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to...
A View from the Hill: Wish list
Alright, I’m ready. Bring on the vaccine. The one with my name on it. Marsters. Right arm, please.
Ouch! Thanks.
I know, I’ve heard – it...
Another Viewpoint: It’s time to hold the children accountable
I’ve spent the last decade working primarily with middle school students, so I know how unreasonable children can be at their worst, and how...
The Universal Notebook: Ch-ch-ch-changes for 2021
We went to church on Christmas Eve. Between illness in 2019 and the pandemic in 2020, I hadn’t been to church but once or...
Miserable & Magical: Perfectly imperfect for 2021
Confession time: Over the past year I sometimes haven’t had any idea what I was going to write about until my deadline was staring...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Flushing away a bad year
Time to catch up on some of the weirdness you may have missed as 2020 was circling the toilet bowl. The following stories are...
The Universal Notebook: A pandemic polemic
Good morrow, good riddance, ta-ta, 2020.
You, Trump and COVID, we’re sick of you plenty.
We’ve had enough sickos to last a lifetime and more.
Time now...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Laws and sausages
The Maine House and Senate are scheduled to hold their 2021 sessions at the Augusta Civic Center (motto: "Elvis Played Here Back When His...