I thank Colin Woodard for his Feb. 15 op-ed, “This is not a drill. It’s a constitutional crisis.” As if to put an exclamation point on the article, President Trump posted on Sunday, Feb. 16, “He who saves his country does not violate any laws.” Left unchecked, Trump will not save this country; he will […]

On Dec. 8, 1941, U.S. newspaper headlines were bold, black, 72-plus-point font size describing attacks on ships in Pearl Harbor. The Feb. 23, 2025, Maine Sunday Telegram’s business-as-usual front page featured articles about the Card/Lewiston shooting, consequences of Trump’s threats to Canada and lobster fishing gear. Similarly low-key was the lead article in the Opinion […]

In the early days of the war in Ukraine, I saw a photograph of a family knocked dead by a Russian air strike as they were trying to flee. The children’s little puffy jackets and backpacks looked so familiar, so cheerful, and so still. The image stuck with me and came into hard focus again […]

Over the past six years, I have had the privilege of serving the people of Hancock and Washington counties in the Maine Senate. This year, I have the honor of serving again on the Health and Human Services Committee. During my years of service on this committee, I have worked to address the opioid crisis […]

With Canadians riled by 25% tariff hikes, should Mainers be afraid of an invasion looking to reacquire land lost in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty that halted the bloodless Aroostook War? Paul Newman Merion Station, Pa.

It would be nice if your paper, to which we’ve subscribed for many years, occasionally mentioned restaurants in cities other than the ones mentioned. About a dozen of the “best” were in Biddeford, Cape Elizabeth, Gorham, Saco, Peaks Island or South Portland. The other 60 or so were in Portland. As you know, there are […]

I am so sorry, embarrassed and angry about what Donald Trump is doing to our world. As long as too many people go along with this insane man’s agenda, I think President Zelensky and Ukraine will be better off looking to Europe, NATO and the U.N. for support. The U.S. had made progress recently. We […]

I was disappointed that Gov. Janet Mills decided to side with men, identifying as women, and allowing them to be in women’s sports and women’s bathrooms. Anywhere a woman is allowed these transgender women are also allowed. The majority of trans identification is male-to-female, obviously, as there is no advantage for a female to identify […]

Where I grew up, we had a pathetic little zoo that reminds me now of the Republican U.S. Senate. The animals there were kept in such soul-crushing confinement that most of them simply lost their minds. They shambled aimlessly in their tiny pens and would not face their heartless keepers. Even in the sad menagerie […]