President Donald Trump and his administration didn’t invent attacks on the free press, but they have taken them to incredible and dangerous new levels. This week, newspapers across the country are answering a call from the Boston Globe for a coordinated response to end the “slander of ‘fake news’” and the ongoing “incitement against the […]
In a now-deleted Facebook video first covered by the Bangor Daily News last week, Gov. Paul LePage said a number of controversial things. The item that gained the most attention was remarks that he intended to call on Attorney General Janet Mills to resign. A prediction that came true on Tuesday. But the video contained […]
In a rambling, 15-minute speech at an event Tuesday for a Republican candidate for the Maine House of Representatives, Gov. Paul LePage renewed his ongoing feud with Democratic Attorney General Janet Mills, attacked rank-and-file Republicans, warned that there are troubling signs for the state’s economy and touched on a range of other topics. Pre-empting news […]
When it comes to ignoring the law, Gov. Paul LePage is a habitual offender. Throughout his nearly eight years in office, the governor has shown an unusual willingness to break state law, disregard the Maine Constitution, violate his oath of office and toss aside the norms of government. In addition to having to defend his […]
It’s not often that I can write a column thanking the Trump administration, but this week is the exception. Breaking news out of the US Department of Interior has given me the chance to return to my school years and write about what I did on my summer vacation. For that, I say thank you. […]
Without reporters’ work, we would be walking through this world largely blind.
Religious conservatives have stuck with President Donald Trump – despite the lies, the infidelity, the cruelty, the hate – and now they are close to the payback. On Monday night, Trump announced that he is nominating US Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. And immediately landmark rulings that protect […]
A young girl arrived in the United States as an unaccompanied minor, just 17 years old. She found work as a domestic servant, caring for the homes of the wealthy until she met the man she married a few years later. She, her family and, in fact, all of her people faced significant discrimination. Her […]
I raise my glass to the ink-stained wretches. The kids and the curmudgeons who get up every day and tell us what we need to know. Who get crazy-ass letters written in crayon, who get paid in pennies. Who take the barbs and the hateful comments. And still get up every day and tell the […]
Two women were recently kicked out of restaurants. One holds a position of great power and influence. The other is a member of one of the most bullied and marginalized groups in our society. One is defended by the president of the United States, the other is dehumanized by that same president’s policies and positions […]
