Criticizing capitalism is a popular cottage industry, but the critics never tell us what system would be better and why. A Jan. 8 letter from Barbara Dee blaming capitalism, “our decidedly evil and outdated market-based system of economics,” for societal ills from homelessness to inequality is a good example. The problem with Ms. Dee’s description […]

As an American Jew, born after WWII, I grew up largely insulated from blatant acts of antisemitism. My parents and grandparents, however, suffered these indignities, which surfaced as lost jobs and promotions, denied rentals, backroom insults, and a deep-seated fear that Jews would never be safe, even here. I grew up without these feelings. Indeed, […]

It may be difficult to prove, legally, that Mr. Trump helped plan the Jan. 6 insurrection, but there is plenty of sworn testimony that, as president, he did nothing to protect the Capitol and its proceedings during most of the day. After inciting the crowd, he returned to the White House, watched the assault on […]

I seriously need to know why Donald Trump is allowed to run for president before cleaning up his court cases? Isn’t there something in the protocol of running for president about having a clean slate? Maybe all the newspapers should print all the qualifications for running for president so that John Q. Public can decide […]

President Trump has made lots of rash decisions, accompanied by spiteful speech, however this should not cloud our judgment of his accomplishments. Though he may have not earned the hearts of the people, Trump was one of the first recent presidents to pull through on what he promised. His intentions were pure for America; he […]

How is it that, 33 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act passes, the town of Kennebunk plans, reviews and oversees a new development like the Cottages at Coastal Pines that installs a barrier on a walkway to the Kennebunk Middle School that impedes certain students, faculty and residents? Although Coastal Pines promotes its proximity […]

In the Jan. 3 opinion piece, “Secretary Bellows begs to differ. Would that it were so simple,” attorney Gregory S. Fryer leans heavily on an 1869 opinion by Justice Samuel Chase to question the secretary of state’s disqualification of Donald Trump from Maine ballots. While his concern for how Bellows’ decision creates “calamitous uncertainties” and […]