Remember “the good old days” in Maine politics? Writer and local TV talk show host George Smith does – and remembers fondly Chris Potholm, Bowdoin’s DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government, along the way in an opinion piece that also mentions Potholm’s latest book, Maine: An Annotated Bibliography (Lexington Books, 2011).

“Chris’s new book is an anthology of various written works that bring the history of Maine – economic and political – to life,” writes Smith in the piece. “The book also includes Chris’s insights on each work – some of which are hilarious.”