Former Gov. John Baldacci is being honored this week by the University of Maine with the Alumni Career Award. He’s earned it – and a lot more – for a lifetime of public service all dedicated to fighting for the people of Maine. Partially due to the time in which he served and partially due […]
But alas, it’s not satire.
This week was marked by Equal Pay Day, which acknowledges that women still only make about 80 percent of what men for the same work. Quality, affordable child care is one way to make a difference. There is simply no denying that if we have more women in office – in Augusta and in Washington […]
Two weeks ago, I made an offer to all the candidates running for governor: Send me a big idea explained in 50 words or less, and I’ll share it with the world as written and without comment. A chance to reach tens of people with words of their choosing. My hope was that all the […]
If I had been advising the students who organized and led the March for Our Lives protests around Maine, I would have told them to keep the program short. I’d have said to avoid the sappy songs and the poetry, to keep the message sharp and focused. Don’t be too strident, don’t take it too […]
There’s a strange bipolar effect that happens every election season. We want people to run for office. We want more choice. And then we bemoan the fact that so many people run – writing some folks off prematurely, even before they have a chance to make their case. In Maine, a lot of people are […]
The function of state government is his responsibility, and under his administration, real people have suffered and some have died.
There is a cruelty and viciousness to so many Republican policy ideas. Cloaked in populist language and blame-invoking finger pointing, the majority of the GOP stumbles consistently to the worst option available. It’s like Twitter parody accounts have been turned into living, breathing politicians, intent on pushing things just as far as seemingly possible and […]
We need to do everything we can to keep guns away from schools. That means that we should stop wasting time and energy debating the nonsensical idea of arming teachers or the dangerous idea of allowing parents to bring guns onto school grounds, and instead look at ideas that might actually be worth considering. State […]
If we can unravel the cause of a plane crash from the bottom of the ocean or aim for an end to infections in hospitals, we can figure out how to stop this type of wholesale murder.
