Has it occurred to anyone how lax the security is around our clueless president? He was apparently unaware of the recordings made by Lev Parnas (an associate of the president’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani), including the one in which the president instructed his aides to “get rid of” the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, […]

As a retired educator of many years, including principal of two elementary schools in Maine, I witnessed firsthand what it meant to allow parents to refuse to have their children immunized against certain communicable diseases, claiming religious and philosophical differences. School nurses all over Maine have dealt with this issue for years, since it is […]

Old habits die hard, but I think the Press Herald should examine its knee-jerk use of the word “moderate” every time it mentions Sen. Susan Collins. In the same way that the press would never call a suspect a “murderer” until there was proof – it’s always “alleged murderer” – a responsible paper would call […]

Gov. Mills’ Health Care Coverage Act is a significant proposal to help Mainers afford health coverage. Creating a state-based insurance exchange is a tested idea that enjoys bipartisan support nationally from states as different as Idaho and California. By maximizing state control, studies show that these states with their own exchanges do better than those […]

My child is fully vaccinated, yet her immune system is deficient compared to the immune systems of her peers. Every virus she comes in contact with will make her far sicker than it makes her peers. She suffers from high fevers, and has even lost the ability to walk on multiple occasions. Doctors state this […]

I was disappointed and dismayed – although, I’m sad to say, not surprised – by the Senate’s choice to acquit a president who has blatantly used his office for personal gain and treated the citizens’ representatives in Congress with open contempt. But I was truly shocked to hear Senator Collins’s belief, now downgraded to a […]

One of the most urgent issues facing Maine in 2020 is the opioid epidemic, which continues to devastate communities even after steps were taken to combat it. So far, there have been at least 11 overdoses and five deaths this year, and without changing our approach, these statistics will only continue to rise. There is […]