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...
Politics & Other Mistakes: The return of Florida Man
“The Governor shall, at the commencement of the Governor’s term … have been 5 years a resident of the State; and at the time...
Politics & Other Mistakes: Sweet nothings
When it comes to the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Maine, the bigtime political knowers from away are all quite certain about the...
A View from the Hill: Fairness shouldn’t require a sanitized public record
For the record, I’ve never been convicted or charged for any crime (except by my parents and my kids). Like most of us, I...
Miserable & Magical: We’ll always have Paris (without the ‘popping’)
When my boyfriend and I returned from a trip to Paris in December, we were asked the expected slew of questions: “How was the...
Another Viewpoint: Too much at stake to vote no on Question 1
Al Diamon’s Feb. 5 column ("Politics & Other Mistakes: Is there a pill for that?") betrays several common misconceptions about LD 798 and the upcoming...
Letter: Doctor urges defeat of Question 1
As a pediatric resident, I spent a sleepless night in an intensive care unit pinching the toe of a 6-week-old boy to remind him...
Our Viewpoint: Common sense demands defeat of Question 1
It is the beginning of a new school year in the early 1960s. Third graders are taking sugar cubes with a new polio vaccine, the...