I did not watch the June 27 presidential debate. I could not bear to witness a bully with no boundaries attack a fine human being like Joe Biden. What the president failed to consider, when he signed on to debate Mr. Trump, was that it would be an unfair contest – rigged in the former […]

Reading Roy Mathews’ June 22 opinion piece on Maine’s green energy initiatives left me very concerned. Yes, rate hikes sting, especially considering today’s economic climate and government needs to reduce consumer hikes by placing more rate burden on fossil fuel producers. But dismissing the urgent need for a clean energy transition shows a disregard for […]

As my mother used to say, I’m so angry I could spit. In regard to the debate last week, I am appalled at the media coverage of the event. Donald Trump opened up with a fire hose of lies and invective that was so bad the fact checkers couldn’t keep up. He also had the […]

As humans, we understand fireworks; the explosions are contained, and the visuals are harmless. We know we are not in danger. But for animals, it’s as though war has come to their homes, whether birds in our backyard or dogs in our homes. We can have a fantastic celebration without putting animals through the stress […]

Why is the Democratic Party telling us that Joe Biden is the best alternative that we have for president? I am a lifelong Democrat. I always vote. I’ll vote for Joe Biden this November if he’s the only alternative I have to Donald Trump, but let’s be honest: Joe Biden’s “bad night” was a disaster. […]

I was disappointed to learn that on July 2, the Portland Public Library’s downtown branch will be featuring a member of the Portland Police Department as part of their “community helper” story-time series. The downtown library has always been my happy place — where my family could find respite and enjoy hours of play and […]

When I heard that the governor of Louisiana had ordered public schools to post the Ten Commandments, I wondered if he was expecting this to improve students’ academic progress, or perhaps their everyday moral behavior, or was it merely a political gesture aimed at garnering him votes among those who don’t care about climate change […]

With 40 years as a distinguished reporter under his belt, Glenn Kessler, editor and chief fact-checker for the last 13 years at the Washington Post, on Friday published 35 of the most “noteworthy” claims from the presidential debate that were untrue. Thirty of them were spoken by convicted criminal Donald Trump, who thinks that repeating […]