When Sen. Susan Collins said that President Trump “has learned” from his impeachment, she was right, but, of course, dead wrong about what he learned. What he’s learned (once again) is that there is nothing he can’t do and that whatever outrages he routinely engages in will continue to be tolerated, enabled and often applauded […]

Most memories get murky and fade over time. Others are seared into our consciousness and last forever. For my mother, that happened from witnessing her brothers and sisters dying when she was a child. Mom was born in 1911, the second of eight children. Only three survived to adulthood; the rest all died of what […]

Vote “no” on Question 1 on March 3. I had whooping cough as a child, but immunity wanes over time and I got it again here in Maine. It took three months to get it correctly diagnosed, during which time I gave it to my husband and may have given it to a man whose […]

Sen. Susan Collins has cultivated a reputation as an independent voice for Maine – a distinguished public servant who fearlessly straddles the aisle that divides the Senate. She undoubtedly sees herself as more than a line-toeing partisan, but the people of Maine would be well served to be mindful of this simple fact: When Sen. […]

Sen. Susan Collins says that President Trump has learned a “pretty big lesson” from his impeachment and “will be much more cautious in the future.” Assuming against evidence that he does in fact, learn things, surely the lesson here is that a Republican-led Senate will never impose any consequences whatsoever on his behavior. I suggest […]

Last October, Fair Elections Portland filed a lawsuit on behalf of myself and nine other registered voters. The lawsuit challenged the City Council’s earlier decision to certify our citizens initiative to establish and fund a clean elections program as a charter revision rather than as a charter amendment. The council’s decision was made on the […]

As reported by Staff Writer Rachel Ohm in your Saturday edition (Feb. 1, Page B1), Susan Collins’ campaign announced that “more than 87 percent of the contributions received by Dec. 31, (2019) were under $200, and they were spread among donors from each of Maine’s 16 counties.” Amy Abbott, finance director for the Collins for […]

A story in the Jan. 30 Press Herald (“Basketball Notebook: Low score rekindles debate,” Page D1) asked if it was time for a shot clock in high school basketball. The reasons for re-introducing this debate were a low-scoring game that same week, another low-scoring game five years ago and to prepare the players for the […]