Regarding the bid to overturn the vaccination law: A young woman with a toddler came to my door asking for my signature on the petition. Since I don’t support repealing the law, I didn’t sign. As she was leaving, I commented that I hoped her child didn’t get the chickenpox or another communicable disease. Her […]

While I am fairly new to Portland, I am extremely interested in the vibrant, local community we have here. Recently, I had the opportunity to meet and hear from Spencer Thibodeau on why he is running for mayor of Portland. While I appreciate the other candidates’ commitments to public service, I believe Spencer, with four […]

A recent editorial talked of significant differences between the Trump administration and the Congress on immigration (“Our View: Confused message from feds on immigration,” Oct. 15, Page A4). In my view, there is no confusion. The Trump administration is doing the right thing by having asylum seekers apply for asylum in the first country they […]

Even as a former long-term Gorham resident. I believe that President Glenn Cummings is right about changing the University of Southern Maine’s name for the sake of the university. Extensive research has identified the value of the name “University of Maine Portland” in attracting more students. That increase in graduates is critical to help fill […]

Denial is a mechanism we use to avoid a truth we think is too painful to admit. Donald Trump’s tenure has been driven by the desire to make America white again. This is denial of the fact that almost 40 percent of America is already non-white, and the trend toward a more diverse population cannot […]

I appreciated the outrage of the Democratic candidates for president speaking at the debate Oct. 15 about the need to impeach President Trump and remove him from office. But I longed for and did not hear any of them say something like this: “More than half the American people now support removal from office and […]

Re: “Bill Nemitz: A Maine senator, a constituent and a failure to communicate” (Oct. 18): Bill Nemitz’s snide response to Sen. Susan Collins’ spokeswoman Annie Clark’s statement, in his recent column, was unbelievable. “Maybe it’s just me,” he wrote, “but if I was experiencing all of those things, I’d start wondering what in the heck […]

On Oct. 13, this newspaper ran a full-page ad on Page A3 from Erik Mercer, attacking Sen. Susan Collins for allegedly saying that he was rude in an airport conversation. Mr. Mercer’s version of events is false. I know because I was next to Sen. Collins the entire time and heard their conversation. Sen. Collins […]