Portland Press Herald Podcast

We say we value honesty and we can’t trust people who don’t tell us the truth. But researchers tell us that we all lie, and most people lie every day. That includes all the people that we trust. Your priest. Your mother. Liars. Column from July 13, 2016 Music: Porcupong - Cool - used by permission

Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich reads, and in some cases reacts to, comments on the newspaper's July 4 editorial, "Our View: Celebrate the Fourth and reject nationalism."   Read the article and more comments at pressherald.com

Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich reads the Portland Press Herald's July 4 Editorial. Read this editorial online at pressherald.com

Column from June 27, 2016 Hard times have come a knockin’ at the Blaine House door. Mainers far and wide did a double take last week when WGME-TV reported that first lady Ann LePage has taken a summer job as a waitress at McSeagulls Restaurant in Boothbay Harbor because, as she unabashedly told reporter Jon Chrisos, she could use the extra dough.

If you want to know why Hillary Clinton should pick Elizabeth Warren to be her running mate, don’t listen to either of them. Listen to the people who think it’s a bad idea. Just about every reason they come up with makes the case for a Clinton- Warren ticket in 2016. Read this column at the Portland Press Herald

Portland Press Herald Editorial from June 22, 2016.  The plaza in front of the Nickelodeon movie theater will soon be named for the former city manager, John, Menario, who between 1967 and 1976 laid the groundwork for an economic rebirth of the downtown commercial center, creating the Portland that we know today.