I found a strong correlation between the Dec. 16 lead editorial (“Our View: More Maine venues should require vaccine proof”) and Christian Cotz’s commentary on First Amendment rights. The First Amendment gave us the freedom of speech, but it did not give us the right to lie. You are not allowed to shout “fire” in […]

The front page of the Sports section of the Dec. 18 Press Herald (Page D1) offers a remarkable and thought-provoking juxtaposition. The headline on the column across the top of the page: “Sports got lax, and COVID roars back.” Six inches below that headline: a photo of two high school basketball players in action, their […]

On Dec. 10-11, 93 people died as 62 tornadoes tore through in five states. On Dec. 15, more than a dozen semi trucks blew over in a 107-mph gust as part of a Colorado dust storm. The climate crisis is making such weather patterns less predictable and more severe. President Biden campaigned on the Build […]

Re: “ ‘Be vigilant,’ drivers urged, with Maine on track for another deadly year for pedestrians” (Dec. 14): I’m sorry to hear about the large number of pedestrian deaths in Maine. As a cautious driver in the Portland area, I feel that pedestrians need to be held accountable for their unsafe practices. Time to put […]

Re: “Maine Voices: Learning the right lessons from CMP’s corridor debacle” (Dec. 9): I’m not sure why the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s Pete Didisheim reached out to Joel Clement of Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs for collaboration on this op-ed, but we don’t need a Harvard expert to tell […]

Bravo Press Herald! Bravo Boston Globe! The two-part series The Lobster Trap (Dec. 12 and 14) is brilliantly reported journalism at its best. It presented the many sides of a complex problem objectively, yet making us feel the toll it is taking upon the lives and livelihoods of hard-working folks and their families. Only by […]