I am an independent, a veteran teacher, a mom, a grammy and a Christian. Long ago, when I was a young girl, my best friend’s mother was a Hungarian Jewish woman who survived Auschwitz. I vividly remember the day I broke down in tears, telling her, “I just can’t listen to another awful Auschwitz story.” […]

Since the top-notch COVID-19 treatment for Donald Trump’s illness worked so well for him, it should be readily available for all Americans who suffer from symptomatic COVID-19. In fact, it should be the cheapest and best health care, as Trump promised us all in 2016 during his presidential campaign. Ruth Gleim Gorham

I was only 7 years old when I watched my first televised presidential debate, John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon. My father made me watch it as a lesson in civics. It was a great lesson in democracy. As I remember, the debate was dignified, uninterrupted and civil. We talked about it as a family […]

I am writing in opposition to Question E on the Portland ballot, which would eliminate all non-owner-occupied short-term-rental units. Short-term rentals are already regulated to prevent oversaturation. The majority of units are owned and operated by individual building owners who rent out a unit, or a bedroom, in their primary residence. As owner of a […]

Portland’s Question E will ban non-owner-occupied short-term rentals and cause irreparable harm to the economy and affordable housing. In Maine, the state predicted to have the greatest economic fallout due to COVID, this assault on tourism is alarming. Short-term rentals provide a safe haven for tourists that hotels cannot. Our economy needs visitors more than […]

I was somewhat disappointed that Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has said that she will not vote to confirm the SCOTUS nominee, Amy Coney Barrett (if Barrett’s nomination is brought to the floor before Nov. 3). But I will still vote for Collins because I do not knowingly cut my nose off to spite my […]

Democrat Sara Gideon made clear yet again in last week’s Presque Isle debate why she is surging ahead of Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Sara’s clear messages on health care for all Mainers, support for Maine industries and climate change won the night. Collins failed again to differentiate her positions from those of Mitch McConnell […]

The first presidential debate was a global embarrassment, due to the president’s behavior, which was outside any acceptable norm of conduct. Joe Biden should not have let himself get dragged down, but his response is a function of how polarized and extreme our politics has become. The antidote to this toxicity is to elect moderates […]