When your state newspaper has to apologize for your behavior…

…you must be pretty bad off. The Portland (Maine) Press Herald has apologized to the nation for their Gov. Paul LePage, who can’t seem to zip his lip and keep his racist comments in his own head. I think this sets a fine precedent. Some weeks back, I went on Twitter and apologized for Connecticut’s …

When Portland raised its minimum wage…

…things proceeded pretty much apace. From The Christian Science Monitor: So far, Portland’s $10.10 wage hasn’t killed jobs, though some restaurants have cut hours. Many workers already earned above the minimum; tipped servers and bar staff make much more during the summer. Portland’s economy is booming and unemployment is below 3 percent. Even Greg Dugal, …

Let’s win an inn

So there’s a Maine inn — Center Lovell Inn — that the owner wants to give away to someone who can write a beautiful essay. So here’s my idea: We pull together, write a boffo (why doesn’t any one use that word any more?) essay, and then we all live up there together in a …