My heart aches for the Card family. They tried. They knew Robert Card was troubled and wanted to take his firearms away. They called the sheriff for help. The sheriff could not find him and had no warrant to enter his home to confiscate his firearms. This week, the Maine Judiciary Committee is considering a […]

The April 9 Maine House vote on L.D. 2266 was a demonstration of democracy in action. A bipartisan decision against changing environmental laws prior to a true alternative analysis, this vote now allows for the offshore wind port effort to move toward development on Mack Point in Searsport. The Mack Point location has a shuttered […]

Will moderate Republicans and independents appreciate the gravity of the moment and cast their anti-Trump votes in the general election, or stay home? With congressional Republicans eerily comfortable allowing Putin to railroad through Ukraine, a skeptical world needs to witness a landslide election, offering reassurance that the vast majority of Americans would not choose someone […]

Why doesn’t Gov. Janet Mills get Maine? Gender-affirming care for minors? Her five-year immigration plan is yet another folly. This is not why people come to and live in Maine. Is it possible for us to find a governor who loves Maine the way most of us do? It’s time for a change. James Scanlan […]

April is poetry month. Last April, I read from “19 Varieties of Gazelle” at my local library’s Soup and Poetry night. Having supported the Palestinian cause for many years, I wanted to highlight the verses of Naomi Shihab Nye, whose father’s family lost their Jerusalem home to the Israelis in 1948. The renowned poet Mahmoud […]

I am concerned about a bill that would have unintended consequences for Maine residents. L.D. 1215 – legislation that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products – would prohibit products that 80,000 adult smokers in Maine have already turned to as a replacement for more harmful combustible cigarettes. Without access to these […]

The current proposal in Falmouth for workforce housing is wrong for the community. How is $450,000, with a $90,000 down payment, workforce housing? Why would anyone buy a $450,000 half-house in Falmouth when the same money can buy a whole house and land in Westbrook? A realtor website currently shows four houses in Westbrook under […]

As a medical professional dedicated to public health and safety, I fully support the Maine Gun Safety Coalition’s efforts to promote sensible gun safety policies. The recent mass shootings in Lewiston underscored the urgent need to address this issue. The coalition’s four key policy priorities emphasize critical aspects of injury prevention and harm reduction. Firstly, […]