Ted Bennett is spot on with his June 10th comments regarding student loan relief. The burden of debt doesn’t magically “go away” when any loan is “canceled.” In the infamous words of American economist Milton Friedman, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.” Gary LaPerriere Sanford

The House Select Committee to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol is currently revealing the financial, political and moral fleecing of America caused by Donald Trump’s Big Lie. Trump has grifted roughly $250 million for his Official Election Defense Fund, has poisoned civil society, inflaming racist hate groups with Replacement Theory rhetoric, and fractured […]

This is meant for the kids in school living in fear. As a grandfather with 17 grandkids, many of them in school, I can empathize with your fear. But let me tell you what real fear feels like for politicians. Real fear, for Republican office holders, is not being reelected. If they say that Joe […]

I just wrote a letter to Sen.  Susan Collins with the following question and request. The question: Our elected officials are supposed to work for us, the citizens who elected them and pay their salaries, not the NRA or other lobbying groups or funding sources, aren’t they? Statistics from reliable polls show that the majority […]

I am incensed by the volume of wasteful glossy ads that I received for local races. I am immediately drawn to their opponents. And, I do vote, as should we all. Lucinda Pyne Portland

Maine has a history of responsible gun culture. I was trained by the NRA in gun safety in the 1960s, and have respected gun use in our state. Most gun owners support sensible gun laws, like a ban on assault-style weapons, universal background checks, waiting periods, registering and tracking guns. We are naive if we […]

The bipartisan infrastructure law will help us rebuild and repair America’s rapidly deteriorating roads, bridges, and highways, including $47.5 million in funds to support local public transit systems across Maine including buses, rail lines, and ferries. It will also enable states to expand broadband networks, fix up aging water systems to ensure access to clean […]

Among the confusions and calamities of modern culture, the obsession with gender identity and sexual orientation is near the top, and one of its manifestations is the insistence, by gender activists and some educators, that these subjects should be part of the school curriculum beginning as early as kindergarten. Many of those who object are […]