Ads about the clean energy corridor’s forest impact are correct. Since there are minimal benefits for Maine from the New England Clean Energy Connect project, supporters have resorted to incorrect, disparaging descriptions of the forest around the proposed transmission line corridor in Segment 1 from the Canadian border to the Kennebec Gorge. A recent letter […]

Republicans realize that the only way to stay in power is to restrict the voting rights of the average American. Republicans are exceptional people unto themselves, and the sooner we can all get on board with this delusion the sooner we can all allow the Republicans to rule the roost. I apologize for my sarcasm, […]

After two and a half years reviewing the Clean Energy Corridor, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection found that “the area that Segment 1 (of the corridor) would traverse is not untouched wilderness, but instead mostly consists of intensively managed commercial timberland,” (Findings of Fact and Order, page 54, May 11, 2020). My career as […]

I strongly disagree with both Rep. Jared Golden’s vote against the latest stimulus bill, and Elliot Epstein’s March 28 column defending the vote. If either of them cannot clearly see the damage the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the economy here in Maine, and to individual households as well, I suggest that they look more closely. […]

Kudos to Mark LaFlamme and Russ Dillingham for their excellent collaboration in the Sun Journal’s Sunday paper (April 11) on LifeFlight’s new helicopter. As a helicopter nut for over a half a century and an admirer of LifeFlight, I was like a kid on Christmas when I opened the “B” section to this spread. Great […]

The ads against the Clean Power Corridor imply that the 53-mile power line from West Forks to the Canadian border would pass through special Maine forests that would be compromised by the project. In fact, most of this land has been working forest for generations. If one looks at the area on Google Maps, the […]

My thanks to Gregory D’Augustine for his well-written April 3 letter responding to my letter about the sad state of the GOP. Such back-and-forth is always welcome in a functioning democracy. But by decrying such “decisive comments,” Mr. D’Augustine misses the point that it was Trump and his congressional minions — aided by FOX and […]

These days all one hears about is white privilege. I am not minimizing racism; when I was growing up my home environment was one of daily abuse, both physical and emotional. I was often in pain also, because of hunger. I was beaten, bloodied, and told that I was stupid and would never amount to […]

I believe we can learn something about our reaction to COVID-19 from the challenges I and other Marines confronted as we prepared for war in Iraq in the early 90s. Most of what I’m going to tell comes from the time I spent with members of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, which recently  returned from […]

A few weeks ago, the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee held a public hearing on three bills to curb the influx of foreign campaign spending Maine has been subjected to recently, as the result of a loophole in Maine’s election law exposed by Hydro-Quebec. I participated in the hearings along with dozens of concerned Mainers […]