A few days ago, I received a message from a reporter at one of Maine’s largest newspapers, asking if we could speak about a possible story that she was working on. Despite my misgivings, given my past interactions with this particular publication, I gave her a call since I was vaguely aware of the story …
This past year—as the racial tensions rose across the country in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of the police—organizations for a moment were quick to jump on the Black Lives Matter bandwagon and express support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Black Lives Matter signs were the hottest new trend, only …
It has been with blinding speed that the United State has fallen from her mythical perch—as the vaunted shining democracy whose beacon light guides all freedom-loving people everywhere—to the deeply divided cesspool of ignorance, intolerance and disdain for science and our fellow humans that much more accurately represents where a good third of our citizens …