The July 28 opinion piece by Jim Fossel, about a brokered convention being an undemocratic event, seems like it was written a while ago and was weirdly out of touch with unfolding events. The only thing that made sense in the piece was Mr. Fossel’s point that Biden’s advisers did a disservice to Biden and […]

Bravo to the July 28 Press Herald editorial calling out the urgent need for Maine to be a better place for business – so that it is a better place for our people. Sadly, many of Maine’s leaders have fallen into a dangerous “us” and “them” mentality that pits business against people. But we are […]

The Prosecutor and the Felon … sounds a little like an old Warner Bros. cartoon, but the growing truth of it is the almost immediate characterization of the Harris-Trump campaign for president because neither candidate can outrun the past. On the Harris side of the scale is a prosecutor with a more than creditable record, […]

One of my favorite things about Maine are the beautiful, historic homes. But part of that history has been lost and deserves to be restored. My love of old buildings started when I spent summers at my grandparents’ 1500s cottage in England, then at my parents’ 1790 farmhouse in Castine. I now live in Kennebunk […]

The article in the July 26 Press Herald about the $69 million granted to the state of Maine to combat climate change contains quotes from Maine’s elected officials, both state and federal, praising the grant and reminding us of the dangers of climate change. For over five years I have asked those same offices how […]

We hear the term “democracy” tossed about haphazardly, with candidates pledging to protect our democracy. We also hear the Jan. 6, 2021 riots called an “insurrection.” The real insurrection and silent coup must have occurred some years ago when we were a republic — the republic established under our Constitution and to which we pledge […]