Maine has a magnificent coastline. Unlike the equally beautiful coasts of Oregon and California, however, public access to much of it is blocked by private ownership. Why is the state considering further reducing what is available for us to enjoy? To develop state-owned acreage on pristine Sears Island as an industrial cargo port to manufacture […]

I thank the Press Herald editorial board for its wise and just editorial of Sept. 18, reflecting on the frustration and distrust engendered by Sen. Angus King’s and Gov. Mills’ failure to support the restoration of rights to our four tribal nations. The reflection by Elizabeth Dana, chief of the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s reservation at Pleasant […]

Roger Bowen’s Sept. 17 Maine Voices column suggesting accepting the “peaceful devolution of (culturally divided) America into several nations” produced this comment from RationalRuminator of the pseudonymous online commentariat: “The writer of this piece, I assume, is a young liberal who has been taught that … America isn’t worth preserving.” Actually, Bowen is an old […]

In 1650, my eighth great-grandfather was forcibly shipped to New England. To the British government, he was an undesirable. Gov. Ron DeSantis’ shipping exhausted and traumatized migrants to Martha’s Vineyard is a tactic as old as the ages. DeSantis’ intention is clear: Punish wealthy Northerners for their liberal views on immigration. But his ploy is […]

Randy Billings’ excellent Sept. 18 Telegram story suggests what some of us have thought for some time: that Paul LePage tried to use Maine as a path to a national stage. He asked then-President Donald Trump to name him “national point person for welfare reform,” citing his “significant record of achievement” in his two terms […]

I’m sure the folks who have the power to fight the battle for our lobstermen understand that Seafood Watch is run by the Monterey Aquarium, which is funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (which purports to support children, families and a sustainable environment), all of which are based in California, a state of […]

Margaret Wertheim’s Los Angeles Times column (“Concept of ‘fetal personhood’ has a whiff of medieval theology,” Sept. 16, Page A6) appeared to me so muddled in its arguments for the right to abortion that even if I supported those rights, I would wish she weren’t on my side. Firstly, she describes a pregnant woman’s body […]

I’d like to thank letter writer Ed Reagan (“Make gas affordable again,” Sept. 19) for making my point on eliminating fossil fuel subsidies and transitioning to electric vehicles. He states that he cannot afford EVs at the current prices. I agree that we should make EVs more affordable! The U.S. currently spends roughly $20 billion […]