I sympathize with Robert Kammann’s complaint (“Letter to the editor: Inflation comes roaring back under Joe Biden,” Feb. 20, Page D3) about our current inflation. Just what we need after two years of the COVID pandemic. I would indicate, however, that the problems generated by the pandemic are the cause for the inflation – the […]

During the last few years, I have been monitoring the state of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank. As a result of my serious concern for the Palestinian people, I have joined the organizations Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights and Partners for Palestine. I was pleased to see the […]

You missed a numerically interesting opportunity in the Press Herald on Feb. 22. It was symmetrical – 2-22-22 – one of the very few in anyone’s lifetime. I ignore my birth date, but for those who consider such dates important, maybe 2-22-22 was significant. There will be no 3-33-33, so the next symmetrical date (ignoring […]

I grew up in North Yarmouth and decided this is where I wanted to raise a family. Almost 50 years here now. A few years back I noticed new, large developments sprouting up around our rural town. Before long, more, larger developments started being carved out of our woods and fields. I had been under […]

Over 800 people nationally convened online the night of Feb. 22 with one emphasis: The U.S. does not need war, it does not need military buildup, it does not need to support NATO expansion or spending. It does not need to encourage nuclear defense. Yet France was preparing to develop nonnuclear submarines for Australia, but […]

Tonight (Feb. 22) on “PBS Newshour,” David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart shared their insights. Behind Brooks were shelves of books that suggest his, or the media’s, respect for the opinions of predecessors. Two hundred years ago, in Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice,” a compliment about a person’s library brought this response: “It ought to […]

In her Feb. 21 Maine Voices column, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association Executive Director Sarah Alexander castigated the federal government for a lack of action to address PFAS contamination of farms and food. I agree with Ms. Alexander both that the state must do more and that it is long past time for federal […]