A March 22 article in the Press Herald, “Harnessing the absorbent power of oceans,” was both fascinating and terrifying. The oceans currently absorb so much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that they are becoming more acidic, harming fish and other ocean life. The article’s author reviews many experimental projects that include dumping massive amounts of […]

I am furious with Sen. Susan Collins. OK, I’m a Democrat, but still. When will she stand up to harshly criticize the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE? When will Sen. Collins: • denounce the flagrant attacks on free speech; • denounce the erasure of American history for petty and wrong reasons. (Were the Iwo […]

As a concerned Mainer, frightened by the actions of our new president, I believe that the unprecedented and unhinged plans that Donald Trump has undertaken since January will destroy our government and cause extreme hardship for our citizens. Appointing Elon Musk, and so many others who are supremely unqualified for their positions, and eliminating crucial […]

I have been angry and disgusted since the inauguration of Donald Trump and his smug, arrogant administration. The words in Bernard McCarthy’s March 19 letter to the editor “Republicans need to rein in Trump” expressed my sentiments. Bravo to Mr. McCarthy. Will our Constitution be shredded? Our rule of law be trampled? My beloved Peace […]

I am appalled by the amount of time and energy being sucked up by the whole transgender teen athlete issue. Let’s start with the facts. Consistently, 1.7% of the babies born in the United States each year have enough physical ambiguity in their bodies to be categorized as intersex. Trying to legislate that there are […]

I don’t see that the Press Herald print edition covered Sen. Cory Booker’s historic, record-breaking filibuster, describing how wrong President Trump’s policies are. When we do not recognize peaceful, nonviolent protests on important subjects, we undermine the people and progress behind them. John Prendergast Camden