A View from the Hill: Need a distraction? Look to the sky
In this column, I’m not even going to mention, you know, it. We’ll see how that goes.
My column is called “A View from the...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Throwing in the towel
I quit. You win.
Oops, sorry, haters. I didn’t mean to get your hopes up. I’m not ending this column. I plan to continue using...
Another Viewpoint: Pandemic takes heavy toll on Portland restaurant, service workers
It’s Saturday night in Portland, just days before Gov. Janet Mills will sign an emergency order forcing the closure of all dine-in restaurants and...
Our Viewpoint: Keep your distance, but don’t be distant
Last Thursday, March 12, life changed in the state of Maine, at least for a while. We learned the coronavirus was here.
Soon, Portland city...
Miserable & Magical: The jig is up
There are certain things in my life I’ll always be confident about: my retention of every state capital, my ability to tell Mary-Kate and Ashley...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Viral delusion
There’s no vaccine for stupidity, but it doesn’t matter. If such a serum existed, the idiots who need it most would refuse to take...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Reefer (red-tape) madness
Getting a license to sell marijuana in Maine is easy.
In much the same sense that negotiating peace in the Middle East is easy.
Here’s all...
A View from the Hill: An old dog learns new tricks
This column was a little late getting to the editor. Sorry. It was due on Friday. On Friday morning I was juggling a few...
Miserable & Magical: It’s never too late for a moon landing
When I was 22, I was struck by an overwhelming truth, or what I believed to be the truth: I was old. At 21...
The Bridge Between: Coming to America
My mother’s reaction the day we heard the news we would be resettled in Portland made me wish I had a camera to record...