It now appears the Democratic presidential candidate may be more aggressive in stopping the flow of “migrants” through the U.S. southern border. Maine 1st Congressional District candidate Ron Russell remains consistent on his position in support of legal immigration to the United States. Ron believes legal immigration is tied to our positive economic growth as […]

As a practicing Catholic, I feel the need to respond to Mr. O’Hara’s silly op-ed in the Sept. 4 paper (“Why Catholics should vote Democratic in 2024“). Per usual, he applies moral relativism to justify the Democratic Party’s abortion-up-until-birth position. He also tries to compare France’s and Brazil’s abortion rates, as if those two countries […]

Portland’s decision to divest from Israel is both silly and counterproductive. It is silly because Israel is the only democracy, and our only real ally, in the Middle East. Israeli technology underlies the computer technology of Google and Intel and our Google Maps is based on Waze technology, an Israeli company. Also, our banks’ cybersecurity […]

I wonder if the Press Herald’s Sept. 7 letter headline “Siding with the savages is a shameful choice” would be judged as racist hate speech had the target been Jews, not Palestinians? Howls of rage for certain. In our own history, indigenous people targeted for genocide were similarly called “savages” by the colonizers aiming to […]