Adam Marletta The reports of socialism’s death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. Perhaps you did not get the memo, but Marxism is back. The “spectr... Read more
Adam Marletta Here we go again. Another frightening terrorist attack followed by renewed calls for more war and bombings abroad, and fear-mongering racism at home. The routine has bec... Read more
Adam Marletta In light of the recent election, I think the city of Portland should finally qualify for one of those ubiquitous “Certified Business Friendly” signs that gre... Read more
Adam Marletta BATH- As trick-or-treaters and Halloween celebrants scrambled for last minute costume ideas, the real fright was at Bath Iron Works, where the lionized shipyard u... Read more
Adam Marletta Something unthinkable happened during the recent Democratic debate in Las Vegas: Hillary Clinton said something I agree with. During an unprecedented (for a corporate-ow... Read more
Adam Marletta Four years after Portlanders chose Michael Brennan as the city’s first popularly elected mayor in nearly 100 years, the general consensus from the enlightened Port... Read more
Adam Marletta Lewiston Mayor Robert Macdonald’s failed attempt to establish a public list of the state’s welfare recipients is the latest maneuver in an insidious, decades long w... Read more
Adam Marletta The much debated Iran nuclear deal is such an absurd bit of kabuki theater, it calls to mind one of my favorite scenes from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland... Read more
Adam Marletta I knew I was rattling a proverbial hornet’s nest when I took on Sen. Bernie Sanders in my last column. But then, such is the nature of journalism. The job of a rep... Read more
A History of Violence
Adam Marletta There is a darkly humorous scene in David Cronenberg’s excellent 2005 film, A History of Violence. Viggo Mortensen‘s Tom Stall reprimands his teenage son, Ja... Read more