Where were the calls about constitutional rights being violated with the restrictions to knee-deep or waist-deep swimming because of the shark attack? No one was complaining that their rights were being taken away. I wonder if it was because they could see the shark and they got it. Too bad they don’t get it about […]

We all want the same things from our president: a president who knows how to best run a country, who is not corruptible, whose policies are based on reality, whose balance is saving us from a potential depression and who just plain has our backs. This president, Donald Trump, loves our country. As a businessman […]

I love Maine and our culture of community. During this pandemic, I am also impressed by what good citizens our local businesses and organizations are. They have really stepped up to help us address COVID-19: the labs, the farmers, the personal protective equipment makers, the swab makers, the colleges, the grocery stores, churches, charities, etc. […]

Another Vladimir once said, “You probe with bayonets: if you find mush, you push. If you find steel, you withdraw.” That was Vladimir Lenin but today the ex KGB chief Vladimir Putin has adopted that rule when dealing with Trump. When I pressed our senior senator on the unconfirmed report of Putin putting a bounty […]

The City Hall tenters in Portland want the city to freeze evictions, legalize outdoor camping, build more affordable housing, create overdose prevention sites, defund the police and invest more in social services. City Hall is closed right now as a result of the encampment, costing the city $275,000 per week that could be used to […]

If Tucker Carlson, the Rush Limbaugh of Fox News, is so despairing about the COVID management in Maine by Gov. Mills, why does he set up his summer studio in Maine? Shouldn’t he be so worried about the job that Gov. Mills has done in managing COVID’s impact on Maine that he wants nothing to […]

It’s time for news sources to find another way to report the situation of survivors, bystanders and family members of victims of fatal accidents. “Uninjured” is simply wrong. Please consider just omitting that term – it will not weaken the report, and it will be more respectful of and sensitive to traumatized survivors, whose lives […]

Re: “Gideon campaign outraises Collins by $5 million,” by Staff Writer Kevin Miller, July 4, Page B1: There is an error in this news article, in the sixth column on Page B3 (where the article is continued from Page B1). Sen. Susan Collins is not “a potential swing vote.” She voted the party line over […]