The recent vote by the Regional School Unit 73 board  (Jay) to exclude transgender athletes from sports was mean-spirited and unnecessary. This was unnecessary for three major reasons. There are no transgender student athletes in Jay, and may never be. Transgender athletes represent one-hundredth of 1 percent of all high school athletes participating in sports […]

Right after the Opinion page of the June 16 Press Herald was a full-page advertisement by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. At the top of the page was the assessment “Planned Parenthood saves lives.” Bear with me, I can define the “saves lives” declaration as hypocrisy or at least disingenuous to the topic of […]

I want to share my perspective as a lifelong Kennebunk resident, a parent of two students, a friend to many educators and a taxpayer who values strong public schools. Like many who recently voted “no” on the school budget for RSU 21, I didn’t do so lightly or because I’m unwilling to fund education. Quite […]

I’m responding to an insulting June 29 letter to the editor in which ICE agents were likened to Gestapo officers of Nazi Germany (“Why are ICE agents wearing masks?”). The writer makes a comparison between “uniformed and proud members of the Third Reich” and ICE agents who cover their faces with masks. How dare he […]

Sen. Collins has been a longtime supporter of and advocate for AmeriCorps. As a member of the National Service Congressional Caucus, Sen. Collins has actively worked to strengthen AmeriCorps. She co-sponsored legislation to exclude AmeriCorps Education Awards from federally taxable income. In 2021, she joined a bipartisan effort to introduce legislation to expand national service […]

The majority of Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives oppose abortion and believe in the sanctity of life beginning at conception. While I strongly disagree with these politicians about abortion, I respect the sincerity of their opinion. What I don’t respect is how these men and women ignore President Trump’s decimation of […]

Does Susan Collins love President Trump or does she love Maine? She must choose because they are mutually exclusive. As for a “Declaration of Conscience,” Collins is no Liz Cheney (and neither is anyone else, after what happened to her). And, a Margaret Case Smith-style “Declaration” would have no effect, other than to incur Trump’s […]