Capacity and Confusion

Capacity and Confusion

The combination of constant news, social media and a filterless firehose of opinion has created a deluge of political news, comment and updates that can be overwhelming — especially to Americans who are attempting to work, raise children, care for parents and take a...
R-Enactors: Salute History, Not Racism

R-Enactors: Salute History, Not Racism

Brunswick social studies teacher Maurice Burgess remembers feeling a little uneasy the first time he saluted the Confederate battle flag as a Civil War re-enactor with the 15th Alabama Infantry, the only Confederate re-enactment group in Maine. “We all take ahold of...
Hillary, Here is What Happened

Hillary, Here is What Happened

WASHINGTON — What did I tell you? Late in November of last year, after the presidential election that finally ended Bill and Hillary Clinton’s 24-year pursuit of power in Washington, D.C., and diminishment of the Democratic Party, I wrote that they were...