We are coming up on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, which took place Dec. 14, 2012. Groups like Moms Demand Action will sponsor candlelight vigils or other events to mark the anniversary of this horrific event. Along with the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, Suit Up Maine and Remembering Darien, we will be co-hosting […]

I am perplexed that your paper has not covered the human disaster happening on Samoa thanks to low measles vaccination rates. Seventy people – mostly children – have died from measles; nearly 4,700 persons have been infected on this island nation of 200,000. Vaccination rates were at the 30 percent to 40 percent range because […]

The issue of climate change matters above all others. It affects everyone. The news on the topic can be depressing, and therefore does not make for a compelling story in politics or over the dinner table. But we citizens must demand it be the top political priority. With a uncomprehending denier in the Oval Office, […]

While we already know that our Republican senators will never jeopardize their own self-interest and impeach their boss, we can still be thankful we have responsible individuals who refuse to close their eyes and look the other way while witnessing this president’s ongoing dangerous trajectory. It’s not so much what he has done, but, more […]

An inclusive and informative news conference, organized by the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, Lisa Savage, at the recent public hearing in Lewiston on New England Clean Energy Connect (the CMP corridor project), was well-attended by press. But no media outlet reported on her news conference or her testimony in the public hearing. How […]

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has voiced her opposition to the Electoral College. Like many Americans she fails to understand its uniqueness. The Founding Fathers were well aware that governments based on pure democracy had a tendency to degenerate into mob rule. Voter decisions were more apt to be based on which politician provided the […]

As a small state, both geographically and numerically, Maine enjoys a status of overrepresentation in the U.S. Senate. And, to that I say “Thank goodness!” Or rather I used to, considering those who have ably pursued our interests in the past: Edmund Muskie, William Cohen, George Mitchell and other congressional heavyweights who served the people […]