There is an election coming up in Maine! Who do the people of Maine send to Washington to look our for our best interests. To help grow our economy, more contracts won by Bath Iron Works than lost (now the case), real growth of incomes, new business attracted to Maine, keeping our college graduates here […]

Much gratitude to Gov. Mills and the great job that she’s doing to keep our state safe! That’s her focus; she’s not concerned about whether she will be re-elected. She is listening to the experts and making her decisions based on sound scientific practice. This is a serious worldwide pandemic. This is not a Maine […]

While rereading Louis Menand’s “The Metaphysical Club,” I came across a passage that relates to our country’s current discussion of statues and who and what are worthy of memorialization. The book references the Augustus Saint-Gaudens frieze on Boston Common of the 54th Massachusetts, the Black Civil War regiment whose exploits were portrayed in the film […]

In August 2018, I was part of a group of people who met with Sen. Susan Collins to share our abortion stories and our fears that Brett Kavanaugh, if appointed to the Supreme Court, would decimate abortion rights in our country. Rather than listen to us, Sen. Collins dismissed our concerns, assuring us that Kavanaugh […]

I take exception to the column by Marc Thiessen of The Washington Post, supporting pushback by President Trump against a mythical “cancel culture” (“President Trump: ‘The real hate is from the other side,’ ” July 10, Page A11). The principal person trying to negate history is President Trump. He essentially called coronavirus a hoax, and […]

Re: “Our View: ICE order takes aim at higher education” (July 10): I agree with The Editorial Board when they write, “Rather than work to slow a revived outbreak that is setting records for new cases on a daily basis, the president hopes to fake a sense of normalcy within higher education to go along.” […]

Sara Gideon’s win in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary illustrates how the media’s constant claiming someone is a “front-runner” a year in advance, with little evidence, can shape public opinion. It is also notable that Maine Democratic Party members chose a candidate who, like Susan Collins, is opposed to a national health care plan. That […]