As you might remember, the GOP swears up and down that voter fraud is destroying our great nation, and we must take action in order to stop it. They are so upset about this scourge that they are trying to pass laws all over the country, including here in Maine, to make it harder for […]
I am someone who feels so alienated by the modern political machine that the only thing that really seems to engage me anymore is when someone says or does something very, very stupid. Some politicians are better at this saying-stupid-things game than others, and more than ever before the Republican Party appears to go out […]
There are a number of things that the murder of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and two embassy staffers brings to my mind, but I am confident that by the time I get to writing about them, much, much smarter people will have eloquently commented on the topic accordingly. Quickly, though: Don’t forget that perpetrating violence in […]
My three-year-old step-daughter wants to be a princess for Halloween despite her having already gone as one last year. We bluffed, “Okay, but you were a princess already. You can’t be the same thing two years in a row…” (Even though I was a widow’s-peaked blood-sucker like, 400 years in a row when I was […]
My name is Alex Steed and I look forward to blogging about politics and Portland for BDN. On Politics: As the long-tired Internet joke goes: “Another pundit! Nice. That’s exactly what I was in the market for.” Said no one ever. While I have done so in the past, I assure you that I have […]
