“The Portland City Council will postpone its vote on the municipal budget, which was scheduled to take place during tonight’s [May 18th] Council meeting at 7:00 PM. […]The Counci... Read more
Adam Marletta The blanket condemnation of the rioting in Baltimore, coupled with white America’s tone-deaf silence on the mounting police killings of unarmed black Americans reveals a... Read more
By Adam Marletta Political bumper stickers are funny things. Drivers who adorn their vehicles with numerous stickers sometimes end up conveying contradictory messages. For instance, I... Read more
By Adam Marletta In the coming days, the Portland Green Independent Committee–the local branch of the Maine Green Party–will begin petitioning to place a city-wide referendum on... Read more
By Adam Marletta The recent outcry over three South Portland high school students’ attempts to educate their fellow students of their constitutional rights by encouraging them to stan... Read more
By Asher Platts I recently attended a lecture by economist Dr. Richard Wolff at the University of Southern Maine (USM). He was there to talk about marxist economics, the rejection of the fal... Read more
By Adam Marletta Do not be swayed by the class-baiting corporate news pundits, or the vitriolic poor-bashing letters to the editor in your local newspaper. The recent disclosure that 13 indi... Read more
By Adam Marletta “Blow, blow thou winter wind,” Shakespeare wrote in As You Like It. “Thou art not so unkind/As man’s ingratitude.” It is, perhaps, a fitting q... Read more
Do not be fooled by Gov. Paul LePage’s faux-populist rhetoric which he adopted in his recent State of the State address. His asinine plan to completely eliminate the state’s inco... Read more
Lost in Translation: Why I Won’t Be Attending Your “Gatsby” Party
Adam Marletta As we continue our societal shift from a print-based culture which emphasizes the importance of reading, fact-based reporting, and critical thinking, to one dominated by images... Read more