Letter: On ‘woke,’ Edgar Beem and Ron DeSantis
Edgar Beem, I love your stuff, man, but you fiddled up a coupla key points in your “woke” column. First, you decry the new...
Your Letters: Public notices should remain in newspapers
In my mind, the reasons to keep public notices in print are based on accessibility.
In a state like Maine it is unfair to assume...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Tweety and Sylvester go to Augusta
I don’t want to be drawn into the debate over whether domestic cats should be restricted from wandering around outside killing songbirds and unattended...
The Universal Notebook: The lawlessness to come
One of the most insidious effects of the Republican Party being taken over by MAGA extremists is the lawlessness that is to come as...
Unpacking the Sausage: A groomer narrative
The cleverest part about painting a political enemy as irrationally sensitive is that it creates a filter through which everything they say is perceived...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Twit King
Few Maine politicians have had an easier time getting re-elected than independent U.S. Sen. Angus King in 2018. King was opposed by…hmmm, it’s tough...
The role of a newspaper
The Maine newspaper industry is currently fighting a new skirmish in the perpetual battle over the publication of public notices in their pages.
Current law...
The Universal Notebook: ‘Woke’ is a bad joke
The term “woke” is getting a lot of political play these days because the radical right has weaponized a term that once had meaning...
The Universal Notebook: Teen Expo
Over February school vacation, with my lovely wife Carolyn away in Hawaii, I took in a few high school basketball games at the Portland...
Unpacking the Sausage: Totally retro
You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til...