It’s disturbing that a recent letter writer could not differentiate between a justified reaction and a massacre (“Letter: The true faces of anxiety,” Oct. 3). There seems to be a constant unspoken theme that we Jews are: not disturbed or horrified by Netanyahu’s war; not heartbroken by the suffering of the Gazans; don’t want a […]

I’ve been keeping track of pictures of men and women in the newspaper’s sports section. From July 28 through Sept. 22, you had 16 photos of women and 61 photos of men. On the front page, you had seven photos of women and 21 of men. The last two issues have had no women in […]

Dan Stone outlines the reasons that a voter who is dissatisfied with both major party candidates may decide not to vote, or vote for a third-party candidate (“Beware the protest vote bias,” Sept. 22). I agree with his concern about the impact of this choice on our election results. Maine has an existing and very […]

Sen. Susan Collins has long masqueraded as a principled moderate. In a Jan. 30, 2022 appearance on ABC-TV, she unmasked herself. Reminded of her own assessment of Donald Trump’s total lacked qualifications needed to serve as president, and asked if she’d support Trump if he runs again in 2024, she declined to answer. She appears […]

I am thrilled to endorse Ellie Sato to represent District 109 in the State House. Ellie is uniquely qualified to serve as state representative, having served as an aide to Democratic senators at the State House, myself included. Ellie is a fast learner and a great listener. I’ve seen firsthand the passion and commitment she […]

I’ve come to know Christina Mitchell through serving together as school board members and believe strongly that she will well represent the residents of Cumberland, Chebeague and Long Island at the State House. In addition to school board, Mitchell is a longtime educator. She has worked with English language learners, provided leadership on school facilities […]

I am writing to support the Portland City Council’s recent decision to divest from Israeli investments until there is a cessation of the constant lethal attacks on Gaza and the West Bank/Palestine that have become a genocide, according to the courts of the United Nations. The headline of a recent article said that the decision […]

After he exhorts the crowd with toxic misinformation about the “illegal (?) others,” it is with amazement that I watch the followers of Donald Trump at his rallies yell “Send them back!” Are these followers going to take the places of these millions of workers doing the important work of tilling the soil, planting the […]