In response to recent letters supporting divestment from Israeli companies, I strongly object to the claim that Portland City Council had no choice in the matter. The council did have a choice but made its decision based on misinformation and falsehoods perpetuated by antisemitic groups. A proper understanding of Israel’s history and the atrocities, including […]

A big thank you to the city councils of Portland and Belfast for providing a clear moral compass for cities across the country by divesting from companies complicit in the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Contrary to what has been argued by some critics of divestment resolutions, it is both our right and […]

Boycotting, divesting from and sanctioning Israel is not antisemitic, despite the claim made in the ad published in the Press Herald. Antisemitism means hostility to Jews, and every single person who worked to pass our City Council’s resolution to divest from companies profiting from Israel’s war on Gaza believes that Jewish people should have the […]

Portland’s decision to divest from business with Israel does not go far enough. What about the Italians? The city should ban all city employees from eating Italian sandwiches (sorry, Amato’s) or enjoying gelato. I would also propose that all Chinese checkers games and Mexican train dominoes be banned within the city limits. Of course, Irish […]

There have been a number of letters commenting on the lack of positive reviews of Trump in this newspaper. Let me add one from a longtime Democrat. With Trump winning this election, we had no riots. My thanks to Trump. Gail Eaton Topsham

A government official, according to the Press Herald, said this about the killing of a dog in North Yarmouth: “The incomprehensible and appalling act of one individual tarnishes the reputation of all of Maine’s 230,000 hunters … we all are outraged by this atrocity.” She added it “… was heinous and inexcusable.” I am not […]