A major element that usually is missing in presidential campaign dialogue is the question of who the candidates would bring on to staff their administration, aside from the vice president – that is, who would actually deal with the details of managing the federal government over the next four years. But we have the existing […]

I’ve been saying this for a very long time: In order to fix our broken highway problems, we need to bring overpasses into the picture. Bigger cities than ours have had to do this to help relieve traffic issues. One example would be following the train tracks – perhaps starting from St. John Street all […]

A false contrast between firearms as an economic engine versus a unique episode of violence (the mass shooting in Lewiston) was framed in the March 8 op-ed on firearm legislation in Maine (“Do not punish Mainers for Lewiston shooting”). It is convenient to overlook other tragedies (such as in Bowdoin and Maine’s higher-than-average suicide by […]

I write regarding the March 9 opinion piece about potential gun safety legislation that might cost Mainers their right to bear arms. It was such hyperbole. Even just one regulation, a 72-hour waiting period, is labeled as “piling on” hunters and small businesses. I think the writer is confusing who the victims are: those who […]

William Penn wrote: Only those can criticize who also have a heart to help. The rest is cruelty, not justice. What an apt description of the public persona of Donald Trump. Trump’s rhetoric is a constant stream of self-pitying complaints, self-aggrandizing fantasies and caustic critiques of anyone who does not demonstrate total loyalty to him. […]

This is in response to the March 22 opinion piece, “Whose history are we preserving at Free Street building?” I believe “we” are prevailing in protecting the City of Portland’s rich history, and yes that includes John Calvin Stevens, who seemed to be dismissed so casually in the piece. In fact, the writer seems to […]