My drive yesterday in quiet rural Maine, some 20 to 30 miles from bustling midcoast summer activity, showed a heavy distribution of Trump-Pence yard signs, despite recent poll results that indicate growing Democratic preference. But significant are the more than 30 percent of poll respondents who admit to no preference. I rather guess that supporters […]

Writer and scholar C.S. Lewis once said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience but shouts in our pains.” We as a nation are suffering now, and I believe God is shouting at us to trust in Him on this national election. Our strong and robust nation and vibrant economy was […]

In response to Susan Whitehouse’s claim (“Letter to the editor: Collins is a principled advocate for Mainers,” Aug. 12) that The Lincoln Project is working “on behalf of Sara Gideon”: It should be noted that The Lincoln Project is a political action committee formed in 2019 by current and former Republicans. Their goal is to […]

I am writing in support of Sara Gideon, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Maine. I have been a lifelong educator in the state of Maine and have unfortunately been involved with hundreds of Maine kids who have struggled with substance abuse and/or mental health issues. Sara is working to meet with the recovery […]

Flipping through the channels, as often happens, I landed on a baseball game. I was amazed and dumbfounded to see cardboard facsimiles of fans who apparently wish they were there, filling in the rows. Is that baseball’s answer to the pandemic? Is it funny – or rather absurd? Do shopkeepers use cardboard shoppers to entice […]

As someone who recently applied for the Portland Charter Commission, I urge the City Council to not waste any more time in setting the date for the election of Charter Commission members. At the council meeting Aug. 10 I learned that the election for commission members cannot occur at our next municipal election in November […]

Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election for a variety of reasons, including some of her own making. Who can forget the reference to a “basket of deplorables”? Her campaign managers undoubtedly also rue the decision to not spend adequate time and other resources in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. This year, Sen. Susan Collins appears […]

About 10 years ago, I served as the director of the Freeport Economic Development Corp. During that time Sara Gideon served as a town councilor (and vice chair of the council). I am grateful that she recognized and supported the small, locally owned businesses that are the critical soul of Freeport’s (and Maine’s) commercial success. […]