It is somewhat astounding to hear former Vice President Mike Pence lambast former President Donald Trump. Of the Jan. 6 attack, Pence said: “Make no mistake about it, what happened that day was a disgrace, and it mocks decency to portray it in any other way.” That statement from a man who supported his president […]

I too found Dick Wright’s recent cartoon, depicting a doddering Joe Biden, more than offensive – not because of the so-called political content, but because of the tiresome, stereotypical, ageist portrayal of Biden (and, by extension, anyone post-middle age). While I am aware that the cartoon is protected by the right to free speech, the […]

Suddenly everyone has become a geotechnical expert on the properties of sewage sludge and landfill waste. Casella told lawmakers last year that banning both sewage sludge land application and out of state demolition debris would both adversely impact landfill operations. Now, suddenly, those same lawmakers with no geotechnical engineering knowledge have become experts. Sorry, playing […]

Dick Wright’s recent cartoon depicting President Biden as a doddering old person was laughably inaccurate (March 9). President Biden has been keeping an extraordinarily vigorous and rigorous schedule of travel, meetings, speeches and diplomacy that a far younger person would find challenging. He has returned civility, thoughtful reasoning, and compassion to the presidency. His focus […]

I am writing to express my dismay and disappointment regarding the Dick Wright “cartoon” featured in the March 9 edition of the Press Herald. The cartoon was not even amusing. It lamely attempted to make fun of our President due to his age. I am not aware whether or not President Biden regularly takes a […]

Living in communities with asylum seekers, refugees, immigrants – peoples with a multiplicity of diversities – deepens our knowledge of ourselves and the world around us. These humans are a value-add in so many ways. Maine has long been known as the state with the oldest population in the nation, a state that young people […]

Whatever possessed the Press Herald to print the totally insulting cartoon by Dick Wright of President Biden so prominently in the March 9 edition? It’s an insult, not only to Biden, but to all older folks. I am 80 years old and continue to be fully engaged in the world. I eat healthy food, work […]

Regarding the statements by Thomas Boatman on banning books (“Letter to the editor: Windham book banning efforts cause harm,” March 4), he’s missing the reason for asking that these books be pulled from the school libraries. It has nothing to do with queer and trans subjects being unfit for children. It’s about removing material with […]