I’m asking this for a friend. Is there anyone out there looking out for the best interests of this country and its people? Anyone? Gregory Roscoe Portland

In the Feb. 11 Press Herald article “Bowdoin students conclude pro-Palestine protest, call action ‘an immense success,’” it is explained that the purpose of the action was that the college comply with a passed referendum to end its investments in arms manufacturers. That seems like a logical request for students to make and one the […]

Maine’s economy has always been tied to the world beyond our shores. Our ports, shipping industry and workforce depend on global trade, stability and strategic investments. Taking up less than 1% of the federal budget, USAID is not just a foreign aid agency — it is a pillar of American economic security, job creation and […]

Students at Bowdoin University recently gathered to protest on campus, joining a similarly staged encampment inside the university to protest the institution’s lack of solidarity against mass death and displacement in the Palestinian region. The students banded together to demand the Board of Trustees publicly condemn the “ongoing scholasticide in Gaza” and divest from corporations […]

To artificially inflate the cost of imported goods in an effort to reinvigorate the American manufacturing sector is to incorrectly assume that there is a manufacturing sector ready and capable of not only being reinvigorated, but reanimated. The tariff facts and figures being thrown around in Washington, D.C., and in the media reek of a […]

I cannot believe that Sen. Susan Collins would support two of the most unqualified and incompetent individuals, Tulsi Gabbard for our National Intelligence Agency and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services. It is beyond my comprehension. Sen. Collins prides herself on being independent. I believe she is a Trump enabler and needs […]

My friend’s daughter is a provisional federal employee. She works for the USDA and loves her job. Like thousands of other recent hires across the federal government, she is awaiting her termination notice from the Trump administration. I can only imagine what she and her family must be going through. It is estimated that over […]

I suggest that the Press Herald (and all other news media) stop using initial capital letters when referring to the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (aka DOGE). It is not a government agency and using the initial capital letters when referring to it gives the false impression that it is. Kevin Hart Topsham