In the July 7 opinion piece “America can do much, much better,” writer Kevin Hancock, chairman of Hancock Lumber, made some astute observations about the unrepresentative nature of American politics. Unfortunately, and perhaps without intention, his implied “fie on both parties” suggested moral equivalency between a convicted criminal, his obstructionist and increasingly authoritarian party, and […]

A letter, on July 8, expressed the hope that Donald Trump chooses his running mate “wisely and for the right reasons.” I can’t imagine Donald Trump making any decisions wisely, or for the right reasons. All of his decisions are made based on self-aggrandizement. Bill Briggs Windham

I just couldn’t let this outrageous letter (“Police at Portland Library event sends wrong message,” July 3) get by without a rebuttal. Back in the day (1980s), when I was the children’s librarian in Westbrook, we had a very successful program titled “Hello Neighbor.” It was essentially the same as the “community helper” idea. Each […]

I’m tired of all the hand-wringing over President Biden’s poor performance in the recent presidential debate. Despite his lifelong struggles with a speech impediment, he has been a successful senator for decades, a stalwart vice president under President Obama and now president of the United States. I believe President Biden was able to defeat then-President […]

I admire and am grateful to Joe Biden, but for me, some of his legacy is already beginning to tarnish. Though I feel it is blasphemous to compare him to Donald Trump, who I abhor, here nevertheless are some disturbing, emerging similarities: • Gaslighting and blind loyalty. Even in response to obvious signs that Trump […]

CNN’s June 27 presidential debate was meant to be efficient and fast moving, but it was not a good debate format. Taking place without an audience, just two candidates stood for 90 minutes, answering questions from CNN monitors within two minutes before muted microphones, while the cameras focused on their faces, not the whole scene, […]

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden writes, “Hundreds of millions of freedom-loving Americans won’t let anyone take away our constitutional rights as citizens of the greatest democracy in history.” Rep. Golden should recall that millions of freedom-loving Americans have already had their constitutional rights taken away from them. They are the women across America who have had […]