Gov. Mills has been widely applauded for the gun safety proposals announced in her recent address. That it required the massacre of 18 innocent Maine citizens to persuade her to act, however, should lessen our enthusiasm for her modest proposals. There is much, much more that needs to be done to protect us from senseless […]

In the aftermath of the Lewiston shooting, the governor and others are proposing legislation to protect the safety of our citizens. The usual suspects are taking and reinforcing their usual positions: the need for mental health care or weapons control. The choice is not mental health care or gun control: it is robust mental health […]

We thank the three Jewish women (Abby Alfred, Lara Rosen and Elizabeth Kramer) who, in their Feb. 7 op-ed, (“As we grapple with Gaza, Jewish institutions are letting us down”), courageously gave voice to Jews like us, who deplore Israel’s conduct in Gaza and support a permanent ceasefire. Like the authors, it has pained and […]

In response to the recently published article from Jan. 31, (“Several people arrested after raids of 7 illegal marijuana grows in central Maine”), one has to wonder if there was a particular reason why the phrase “Chinese-run,” was parroted in the article. Is this the Chinese government that the article is referring to or is […]

In my two decades of serving Maine families, never has the affordability crisis of health care delivery in our state been more apparent or urgent. Our health care system here in Maine currently holds the appalling status of being the most expensive in New England. A recent poll revealed two-thirds of Mainers are just one […]

Some faculty at the University of Maine Schools of Social Work support L.D. 1990 “An Act to Improve the Licensing Procedure for Certain Social Workers by Removing the Examination Requirement.” They claim the Association for Social Work Board’s national exam for conditional licenses is racist, and the primary reason many Maine social work positions are […]

For the upcoming presidential election, I wish more Americans, especially Trump supporters, would become more curious and willing to educate themselves about who this man really is, namely, by separating fact from fiction. Hopefully, the majority of responsible voters will consequently decide to permanently eliminate him from the political arena. Our unfolding American tragedy must […]

Some young voters have indicated they will not vote for President Biden again because of his support for Israel during the latest crisis in Gaza. I share the concern for residents of Gaza and find the carpet-bombing of that area horrid and unnecessary. It is impossible to ignore 24,000 dead Palestinians. That said, however, politics […]