Money doesn’t grow on trees, but, boy, can it turn trees into political mailers. My mailbox buckled this election cycle as special interest groups spent tens of millions, mostly in the form of attack ads. That’s why I was glad to see the Secretary of State’s Office validate the signatures from the Protect Maine Elections […]

So, Maine is known for its slogan “The Way Life Should Be.” And, of course, “Let’s go up to camp.” Well, we right now have a fabulous opportunity in Greater Portland to establish a piece of nature currently owned by the state into a trail haven for people to go to and get physical exercise […]

Glad to read a good Press Herald editorial for a change – the Dec. 18 editorial regarding transmission lines and the resistance to building them across the country, just not only in Maine. I was surprised to read that less than 400 miles of lines were built in 2020. I wonder if any lines were […]

This year, one day after Joe Biden’s perfunctory commemoration of Pearl Harbor, our president blithely abandoned an ex-Marine – Paul Whelan – currently being held in a Russian penal colony. President Biden, instead, brokered the Russian release of, as U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts emblazoned on Twitter, “a Black queer woman” who plays basketball. […]

In regards to the Dec. 19 article “South Portland: City considers new shelter zoning to avoid tax increases” (Page B1), many thoughts crossed my mind. Any local tax increase, be it 1 or 20 percent, should not even be considered to pay for General Assistance for asylum seekers. In my opinion, that should be a […]

New England Clean Energy Connect has gotten a win in the Maine courts, and it may connect power from Quebec to New England. But how clean is that power, really? It’s long past time for a closer look because electricity produced from the mega-reservoir dams, such as Hydro-Quebec builds in the Arctic, is causing our […]

Re: This new rate deal, proposed by Central Maine Power (“New rates for heat pumps could shrink your bill. Now the caveat …,” Dec. 18, Page A1): Reduced electric rates for heat pumps and electric vehicles are fine. However, how and when will CMP ever give electric-heat customers a break? Total electric heat homes are […]

Distracted driving is as dangerous as drunken driving, perhaps worse. It should be at least equally punishable as for driving under the influence (whether of drugs or alcohol). I ride my bike up and down Route 1 more than I drive my car. At stoplights, I often see drivers on their phones (using mobile devices […]