Republican Susan Collins’ tremendous track record, bipartisan instincts, commitment to her state and powerful influence within the Senate should be more than enough to get her re-elected in Maine. But her re-election is in doubt primarily because of her principled and courageous stand in support of Brett Kavanaugh. Collins’ action produced a virulent response by […]

In the upcoming election, I will vote for Sara Gideon, not Susan Collins. Here’s why: It is of grave importance that the Democrats win a majority in the U.S. Senate. Under Mitch McConnell, the Senate has lost any semblance of the deliberative body it once was. The Senate with a Republican majority is an embarrassment, […]

I am a Maine senior supporting Democrat Sara Gideon for U.S. Senate. There is a time when every senior must step aside and let the next generation take our place in the workforce. Susan Collins has been a senator for 24 years. That is enough. It is time for the voters of Maine to elect […]

Re: “When does tallying of absentee votes begin? Election Day” (Sept. 29, Page A1): I want to commend Staff Writer Scott Thistle for his thorough, well-organized explanation of absentee vote tallying. I’ve been voting for decades and never knew the details. I believe every newspaper should publish this kind of clear, step-by-step article for their […]

According to the National Center for Health Statistics and other agencies, the number of deaths in the United States, for 2019, were: • Murders: 16,425 • Auto crashes: 38,800 • Suicides: 48,344 • Overdoses: 70,980 Total: 174,549 This year, the COVID-19 virus has already claimed over 200,000 U.S. lives, and will continue to do so […]

Maine’s teachers are vulnerable to COVID-19 now that schools have begun, and now that they are partly or fully teaching in person at the schools. It would make good sense to provide them with N-95 masks like first responders and medical personnel have. It works well for medical staff, who are even more exposed, depending […]

I am stunned by Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ ads criticizing Democrat Sara Gideon for “looking the other way” while an “accused sexual predator” taught at a local high school. Susan Collins looked “the other way” and cast the key vote to place an “accused sexual predator,” Brett Kavanaugh, on the Supreme Court for life. And, […]

I love Portland. I love its diversity, its natural beauty and its small-town feeling. It is why I recently moved here from Asheville, North Carolina. When I consider buying a house and raising a family here, I worry that I won’t be able to. It seems impossible as a working-class resident. Regular folks are getting […]