I have a few questions. Are you a man? Are you between the ages of 17 and 45? Are you an American citizen or declared your intent to become one? If the answers to those three questions are “yes,” then congratulations! You are a member of the American militia. No, really. That is exactly what […]
$55 billion is a lot of money. How’s that for understatement? However, with everything going on in Maine, the United States, and the world right now, you might have missed that Elon Musk is on track to earn that over the next 10 years. Assuming his car company — Tesla — can overcome certain hurdles. […]
If you have permission to do something, does it really qualify as civil disobedience? That’s the question which needs to be asked after Wednesday’s “National School Walkout” concerning gun violence. It doesn’t belittle the cause; after all, both the Tea Party rallies in 2010 and the Women’s March in 2017 were completely appropriate exercises of […]
I really like math. So what does that have to do with Maine politics? Well, it turns out at June’s gubernatorial primary we will vote by ranked choice ballot. That means math. As we sit here today, several Democrats — Sean Faircloth, Jim Boyle, and Patrick Eisenhart — have dropped out of the race for […]
For my first column back, there is no limit to the topics we could consider. There is seemingly limitless heated rhetoric on topics — school shootings, intelligence memos, union fees — filling pages both web and print. So what will my “welcome back” column cover? Infrastructure. It’s a bit like dietary fiber: bland and boring. […]
