We get daily letters lamenting the fact that the Senate with the majority of Republicans will never conduct a fair impeachment trial. There is no mention that the body that created the impeachment is a majority of Democrats – the same Democrats who wanted to impeach before the current president had even been sworn in. […]

A University of Southern Maine student recently mocked Christians by defacing a Bible as part of an “art” display (Jan. 1). A USM VP defended the sophomore, citing freedom of speech rights. The floundering university is perpetrating a position of ignorance and insensitivity. In 2018 USM took down three paintings by a convicted sex offender […]

On Dec. 2, the Times Record reported on the recent decision by the Brunswick Town Council, with the urging of Bowdoin College students, to adopt a resolution pledging to help “safeguard against the current and potential consequences of climate change.” Similar resolutions were adopted this fall in Portland, South Portland and Bar Harbor. The current […]

During the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Susan Collins was willing to play along with a sham FBI investigation that didn’t as much as include interviews with Kavanaugh or Christine Blasey Ford (who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault). This revolting prioritizing of power politics over patriotism should not be repeated. I call upon my fellow […]

I can’t accept the “get over it” sentiment regarding the 2016 election. I could accept an election result that was clean and fair. However, there is more than enough evidence to prove that our sacred voting privileges were violated. We must protect our hard-fought voting rights and results in future local, state and national elections. […]

It is indeed unfortunate that the Press Herald chose to publish George Szok’s assertions regarding the ongoing impeachment process. First, it is emphatically not the House’s role to pronounce guilt. Impeachment is not literally a legal process, but the closest analogy to the House’s role as that of a grand jury. A grand jury indicts, […]

Global warming is now a crisis, but there is a way you can help both the planet and your budget. HR 763 would place a fee on carbon based fuel ( gas, oil and coal) and return that money directly and equally to every American. A family of four would get about $288 monthly starting […]

In the past, when I heard a Republican satirically calling some educationally deficient person “Congress material,” I kind of scoffed at his description. After seeing how some of the Republicans acted during the congressional hearings, maybe there is more truth than poetry to some of those comments. Impeachment trials withstanding, if you condone breaking the […]

The Dec. 29 Sunday Telegram reminded me why I like newspapers. Two sections in particular got me thinking about this – “The decade in Maine sports” and “2019 Photos of the year.” I am an unabashed Glenn Jordan fan and the man can write a lead. For instance, how about this lead for the story […]