Re: “Abortion foe broke law in 2015 Planned Parenthood protest, Maine jury says” (Aug. 14): An abortion protester was silenced – and so were the first “cries” of the unborn babies. They were deprived of the chance to utter their first words: “Ma-ma” and “Da-da.” But our prayers to Heaven to stop abortions cannot be […]

I’m a Portland mom, a marketing and creative professional and a member of the board of SPACE Gallery, and I will be voting for Kate Snyder for mayor on Nov. 5. Here’s why. Let’s start with the two urgent influences of our time: The planet is heating up, and it’s getting more crowded. This may […]

I commend Sen. Susan Collins for being a long-standing advocate of affordable, quality health care for all Mainers. No family ever wants to be hit with a surprise bill while seeking the best possible care in times of emergency, which is why I am urging Sen. Collins to support Sen. Bill Cassidy’s “baseball-style arbitration” approach […]

If one wants to know the reasons for the drop in enrollment at Deering High School, ask the people who make the decision where to attend this coming year: i.e., the parents. A carefully prepared survey should have the answers. The opinions of a few teachers, students, parents and administrators won’t give us that information. […]

To whom it may concern: When my wife and I pay our property tax, we would like to think that it will go to repair Stevens Avenue, or maybe a new computer for Portland High School. What we don’t want is to support asylum seekers or folks who don’t want to be accountable for themselves. […]

Sue L’Hommedieu of Cape Elizabeth makes the argument (“Letter to the editor: Mainers should block reckless assisted-suicide law,” Aug. 22) that Maine’s assisted-suicide law will have negative consequences. For example, she says, doctors may be mistaken in judging how long a patient has to live, and seriously ill people may not receive life-extending treatment. It […]

With Gov. Mills declining to sign a sports gambling bill, betting on sports likely won’t be legalized in Maine until 2020. Unfortunately, the model proposed in that bill (L.D. 553) would have resulted in significant tax revenue for the state. The bill proposed an untethered approach, allowing all mobile and physical operators to open as […]

Marc A. Thiessen’s Aug. 23 syndicated column, “Trump’s idea of buying Greenland is far from absurd,” is a poor attempt to justify a bad idea, and does not reflect well on conservatives of his ilk or on the American Enterprise Institute, where Thiessen is a fellow. Yes, American presidents have made such acquisitions in the […]