The narrative goes something like this: The Maine Legislature and Governor require all Maine schools to provide certain “essential” services. This is out of a sense of fairness for all Maine school children, wherever they may live. Everyone is entitled to a minimum education. Many localities struggle to pay the costs of these minimum services […]
Maine Governor Paul LePage, in one of his fits of pique, declared that his only interest as Governor was in protecting “Mainers.” Mainers are to be protected from Ebola-infected nurses, Syrian refugees, asylum seekers from Africa, and out-of-state gang members. This got me thinking, just what makes one a Mainer? This topic interested me long […]
Create all the happiness you are able to create: remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you to add something to the pleasure of others, or to diminish something of their pains. And for every grain of enjoyment you sow in the bosom of another, you shall find harvest […]
