The legacy of Sen. Susan Collins is at a tipping point. Will she truly represent the interests of the people of Maine by insisting that the incoming administration’s department heads be people of integrity, wisdom and experience? Or will she “toe the line” and sail off into the sunset on a ship of fools? Leo […]

Brunswick Town Council passed the two-way conversion of Pleasant Street (at a $4 million premium) without a plan. Yet we couldn’t approve consultant-planned brick sidewalks that would have cost $1 million more than the concrete alternative now being built due to cost. In the town’s haste to capture those extra dollars, we have signed up […]

Is our country for sale? Here’s what we know: • Elon Musk contributed at least $250 million to Trump’s campaign. • Miriam Adelson, a casino magnate and supporter of Jewish and Israel causes, contributed more than $132 million for Trump’s election. • Tim Mellon, the railroad magnate, gave at least $197 million to Trump’s election. […]

Bill Van Esveld, associate director of Human Rights Watch, reported on Israel’s systemic destruction of Gaza’s water system on a recent episode of the “Democracy Now” podcast. Israelis and people of the U.S. get a recommended minimum of 247 liters of water a day. People in Gaza get 2 to 7 liters per day. The […]

I am appalled by the mainstream/legacy press and our legislators’ failure to strongly repudiate Elon Musk’s presumption of legitimacy. He has neither been elected by American citizens nor confirmed by our legislative body and has no business preemptively calling the shots. Kathleen Moses Round Pond

After reading the Dec. 14 Press Herald front page story “Maine sued over new campaign finance law,” I feel compelled to blow off more than a little bit of steam with this letter. I think this lawsuit is sadly indicative of what is wrong with the American political and legal systems today. When someone can […]

I didn’t know whether to laugh out loud or cry when I read that the House passed a “teaching about communism” bill, sponsored by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Florida (“How Maine’s members of Congress voted week,” Dec. 15). Her reason is that “American youth have been brainwashed by the media and academia for the past […]