Suppose for a moment that either Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson or our beloved first president of the United States, George Washington, were opposing Donald Trump in the current presidential campaign. I can only wonder at the depths of the slanderous labels and verbal distortions that Trump would create to discredit their character. His recent barrage […]

With recent events and the raging controversy surrounding this election, it is impossible to imagine that the congressman would not have a position. That he chooses not to share that opinion with the people of Maine suggests both cowardice and a slippery desire to avoid the consequences of a decision. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, U.S. […]

Recently Donald Trump began recruiting what he’s calling “election observers” on his campaign website. This should alarm any person who values democracy, no matter what their political affiliation. Mr. Trump’s current poll numbers are miserable, and as it stands he could be facing an absolutely humiliating defeat in November. In response, instead of changing his […]

The rhetoric about people experiencing homelessness in Portland these days is appalling, especially to me, as a Christian faith leader. In an Aug. 8 Portland Press Herald article about a new city project to “clean up” West Bayside, one man said (partly paraphrased) that the problem is ” ‘the regulars’ and the people who are […]

So, let me get this straight. The Iranian refugee Adnan Fazeli came to this country to escape religious persecution from his own government. Then, after a period of time, he became self-radicalized and joined the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) in Syria to kill people who did not follow the Quran according […]