Once again, many thanks are due to the Press Herald and particularly to Colin Woodard for the excellent article on Republican interests in undermining the tax structure of the state of Maine (“Washington County residents have mixed reactions to plan to eliminate taxes,” Dec. 5). The FreeME plan, if proposed and enacted, would free Washington […]

I find it hard to swallow that we live in a country that where people say that a genetic predisposition is a sin and that sinners are going to hell. Then people who hold those beliefs hide behind religion and freedom of speech, like their bigotry is something righteous. When someone calls these people out, […]

Gov. Paul LePage declined federal funding for MaineCare expansion, leaving thousands of Maine residents without access to affordable health insurance. The Republican Party has sabotaged the Affordable Care Act at every turn, thus ensuring continued political power. Gov. LePage is currently reviewing alternatives to expansion such as in Arkansas and Iowa. These states have received […]

  On Dec. 16, I was sitting in McDonald’s in Falmouth when a stranger walked up and said, “Are you a veteran?” At the time I was wearing a hat that said U.S. Navy VP Association. When I replied, “yes,” the stranger, Glen Maners, said, “Merry Christmas” and handed me a Walmart gift certificate for […]

Yes, Virginia, there are still miracles that happen at Christmastime. On Dec. 19, I drove to Standish to pick up my four grandchildren to take them to the Maine Mall to do some Christmas shopping and see the Christmas displays. The two older ones went shopping by themselves and thought that was a pretty big […]