Jan. 6 will live in infamy in the United States, and we’ll be vividly reminded every four years on certification day. The attack on our democratic republic, stoked by a vain and spiteful Donald Trump, is more frightening than even 9/11. Will the rioters, vandals and insurrectionists who assaulted the Capitol, our most visible symbol […]

The increase in Portland’s minimum wage, combined with the hazard pay, is having the expected effect, at least by those who understand economics. Yes, some employees at the low end of the pay scale are making more, with $18 now being the minimum hourly pay. However, there are fewer workers because staff are being laid […]

I wonder if Sen. Susan Collins still believes that President Trump learned “a pretty big lesson” from being impeached. Richard Lations Portland

On the same day the Press Herald reported that 2020 was Portland’s warmest year on record, the first of perhaps numerous objections to restoring Maine’s old state flag appeared here (“Letter to the editor: Legislature busy without flag bill,” by Richard Palombo, Jan. 5, Page A10). Here’s another way of looking at the flag restoration […]

In my lifetime, the saddest day in America was Nov. 22, 1963. Then it was Sept. 11, 2001. Now it’s Jan. 6, 2021. Perhaps this violent tragedy and appalling desecration of our national Capitol might bring our country back together again, as did our past saddest days. Rev. Louis Phillips Windham

That a contingent of congressional Republicans is attempting to suppress the will of the American people should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Republican voter-suppression efforts. Summoning the bogeyman of “voter fraud” (which has been repeatedly proven a myth), Republicans nationwide have enacted local and state voter ID laws (which disproportionately affect voters […]

A partisan stunt is unfolding in Washington during the counting of Electoral College votes. This may be the last opportunity for Trump loyalists to demonstrate their allegiance in a high-profile way. The objective of the entire exercise is to manufacture an atmosphere of doubt that undermines the legitimacy of the incoming administration. Sixty cases related […]

Hearing President Trump flex his extortionist muscle against Georgia election officials makes me even angrier at Sen. Susan Collins. The tapes obtained through The Washington Post’s reporting make it clear the president has not learned any lessons. I’ve never felt more let down than when watching Collins, who I voted for twice, sit on her […]