Weil's Notes from a Corner of the Country

  Gordon L. Weil A U.S. Open Tennis Tournament match was suspended so a climate protester, who had glued his bare feet to the ground, coul...

Americans have an almost religious faith in numbers.  When people believe in statistics, that helps politicians. People keep their faith d...

Gordon L. Weil The U.S. Supreme Court will come back in a couple of weeks, and it will again be making politically charged decisions on wh...

  Gordon L. Weil Maui matters. It matters to Maine and probably many other places. That’s because Hawaiian Electric, the utility that serve...

Gordon L. Weil Us versus them. That may be the core of American politics these days.  It often becomes a “wedge” issue.  That’s a single...

  Gordon L. Weil Political chatter focuses these days on whether we risk trading democracy for authoritarian rule.    But the record shows...

  Gordon L. Weil Maine will hold a rare and possibly historic vote in November. The U.S. is increasingly focused on the role and rights ...