Re: “Rick McKee’s View” (Dec. 13, Page A4): Why is it, that in this country, we can’t seem to have a conversation about the issues without demeaning or belittling another individual? I celebrate Brittney Griner’s release. I applaud her resilience and her character. She came out of her experience in the Russian penal system unbroken […]

What’s with this TV coverage of the World Cup – “the American side on the pitch with their mates in their boots only to play to a nil-nil tie?” Upon further review, did we lose the Revolutionary War? All these examples of King’s English have U.S. equivalents – I’ll provide a glossary for the Fox […]

Jean Sideris, executive director of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine, makes some excellent points in her Dec. 13 Maine Voices piece (“It’s in our power to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe”) but omits one extremely important bit: Pedestrians should always walk facing oncoming traffic (i.e., on the left side of the road). The reality is […]

In the Military Notes section of the Dec. 13 Press Herald, a brief article headlined “Waterville unit returns from Southwest” (Page B3) states that 125 soldiers of Maine’s 488th Military Police Company returned from a 13-month deployment to the southwestern border. I was surprised to read this because I didn’t realize we had a war […]

The Saudi war in Yemen, which our country has supported, has seen war crimes as cruel as anything the Russians have done in Ukraine. As a result, we are sunk in the same moral ditch that Russian President Vladimir Putin inhabits. Our Congress can pull us out of that ditch by passing the Yemen War […]

Re: “Maine Voices: Portland Museum of Art’s new wing must not make old mistakes” (Dec. 7, Page A4): The recent photos of the Portland Museum of Art and the Libby Building brought back some wonderful memories. In the 1950s and ’60s I was fortunate enough to visit renowned piano teacher Ocy Downs’ studio on one […]

It is disappointing that the plan to distribute checks to help Mainers with heating costs has failed. It would have been most welcome relief for some of the skyrocketing cost of fuel this winter. Since the Legislature will have to go back to the drawing board, I wish to ask that a larger portion be […]

In recent years, a president has shown us the negative consequences of electing a candidate without experience of service or understanding of his job. Sadly nowadays many people can’t be trusted to adhere to traditional but unwritten and unenforced rules of ethics, morality, and government. The 2024 election cycle has already begun because the impeached […]