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The Democratic Party: Where Impeachment is Always “Off The Table”

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 13, 2016In: Commentary, Commentary, FeaturedNo Comments

Adam Marletta A group of Maine legislators will introduce articles of impeachment for Gov. Paul LePage on Thursday for, among other abuses of power, his role in preventing Speaker of the Hou... Read more

The Empire Triumphant: On Mass Culture and Star Wars

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: January 04, 2016In: Commentary, Commentary, FeaturedNo Comments

Adam Marletta What would we do without local NPR-affiliate, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN), to keep us informed of the pertinent news and information that is truly relev... Read more

Dickensian Days Are Here Again: An Homage to Charles Dickens

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: December 21, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, UncategorizedNo Comments

Adam Marletta Charles Dickens, whose classic holiday tale, A Christmas Carol is ubiquitous on television and local theater stages this time of year, is one of my favorite authors. The... Read more

Death of the Fourth Estate

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: December 13, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, UncategorizedNo Comments

Adam Marletta A massive crowd of close to 1,000 people gathered in Monument Square to decry racism and Islamophobia and stand in solidarity with asylum-seekers on Sunday, December 6. The ral... Read more

A History of Violence

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: December 06, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured, Uncategorized1 Comment

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

The Lion Sleeps Tonight: The Wage Debate

Posted By: Editoron: December 03, 2015In: CommentaryNo Comments

by Sam Pelletier There’s a video on Youtube that always gets play in a minimum wage debate. A man is sitting in a car, recapping his less than ideal Carl’s Jr. drive-thru experience. Regretf... Read more

Why I Am a Socialist

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 30, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, FeaturedNo Comments

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

The Warmonger Song-and-Dance Routine

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 22, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Featured1 Comment

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

CONDESCENDING COUNCILORS – State and High Street Conversion Highlights City Divide

Posted By: Tony Zelion: November 17, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary1 Comment

State and High Streets used to be two-way roads. In the 1970s, during a period of urban planning that created traffic corridors like Franklin and Spring Street Arterials, State and High were... Read more

Surveying the Damage: A Post-Election Postmortem

Posted By: Adam Marlettaon: November 15, 2015In: Commentary, Commentary, Election 2015, Featured1 Comment

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

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