Thanks to Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden for acting quickly to ease restrictions on telemedicine so people with mental illness could retain access to care during this pandemic. Research from the American Psychiatric Association shows that psychiatric patients are happy with telehealth and no-show rates have […]

The Maine Climate Council is currently accepting comments on a draft Climate Action Plan. It may be that this highest-leveraged action would be simply to speak up for carbon pricing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is an international body made up of hundreds of policymakers, scientists and economists. The IPCC has made it […]

Bob Keyes’ piece on the Portland Museum of Art’s coming autumn exhibition was well put together. I especially appreciated the final three paragraphs. However, I disagree with Adam Gopnik, who wrote an essay for the exhibition catalogue of “Mythmakers: The Art of Winslow Homer and Frederic Remington,” which runs from Sept. 25 to Nov. 29. […]

The Millinocket wedding, where coronavirus precautions were not observed, brought us more than 130 new cases, the postponement of school openings and widespread new outbreaks. But because Gov. Janet Mills’ rules have been largely respected by its citizens, Maine has the lowest rate of infection behind New Hampshire and Vermont. So, let’s take down the […]

The ugly face of bigotry shows itself quite regularly in today’s America, sadly, but somehow I didn’t I expect to see it on the Press Herald’s editorial page. But there it was, on Aug. 20, an editorial cartoon depicting someone in front of a TV pointing a remote at the screen and saying: “Antique Road […]

As a voter in Maine House District 51, I would like to publicly support the re-election of Joyce “Jay” McCreight to the Maine House of Representatives. We moved to the area four years ago and one of the first things I did was to contact my elected officials so I could get to know them. […]

Maine voters have an important new opportunity. Because Maine has ranked-choice voting in place, we are freed from choosing between the corporate funded candidates for U.S. Senate. Now we can vote for the candidate who speaks to our beliefs. Consider this: Lisa Savage is running as a progressive independent candidate, the only one who stands […]

The Another View guest editorial suggesting the Press Herald “overstates” the student loan crisis just proves that there is a crisis. The author states that students should pay no more than $22,000 for a four-year degree. If they do so, they can easily repay their loans. The problem is, that’s impossible for most people. Take, […]