Siobhan Brett

Jim Fossel: Supposed replacement for electoral college is flawed

by Jim Fossel April 23, 2023April 22, 2023

If you’re interested in directly electing a president by national popular vote, you owe it to yourself to go about it another way.

Op-eds, Opinion

The Maine Millennial: You don’t need to be superhuman to be an organ donor

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal April 23, 2023April 22, 2023

Most people can’t imagine themselves donating an organ to a stranger, assuming someone who does it is different in some fundamental way. That’s just not true.

Op-eds, Opinion

Rep. Ducharme: We’ve been overtaxing Mainers – the proof is in the numbers

by Rep. John Ducharme Special to the Telegram April 23, 2023April 22, 2023

Let’s stop extracting more money than we need to run our government.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Land-based aquaculture trade-off is too great

by Jim Merkel Special to the Telegram April 23, 2023April 22, 2023

The pollution caused by fish farming should be rejected by everybody who has a stake in Maine’s waters.

Letters, Opinion

Letter to the editor: Offended by cartoon on parole

April 23, 2023April 22, 2023

I was shocked by last Sunday’s cartoon on the reinstatement of parole which, to me, caricatured incarcerated community members. Presenting fellow human beings as animals is an offensive, stigmatizing trope, used in ugly ways in American history to stoke fear of enslaved people fighting to gain their freedom, of Chinese, Italian and Jewish immigrants at […]

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: A school with guns in it is not a safe school

by The Editorial Board April 23, 2023April 23, 2023

Is this what a legislative response to gun violence looks like?

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: South Portland continues to ignore the need for affordable housing

by Diane Gotelli Special to the Press Herald April 22, 2023April 21, 2023

The city has priced out most of its own essential workers. The promotion of development without affordable units has been relentless.

Op-eds, Opinion

The humble Farmer: Shower installation has been a learning experience

by Robert Skoglund April 22, 2023December 19, 2023

When it comes to telling funny stories on a stage, the circumstances have more to do with the success than anything you say or do. I imagine the same is true of installing shower units.