Regarding Jeff D. Emerson’s indignant letter to the editor Nov. 11 lamenting the passage of Maine’s Question 2, I admit that I have difficulty empathizing with his financial plight. His letter did provoke a few thoughts: n Like the rest of us, Mr. Emerson earned his Social Security benefits by paying into the Social Security […]

Donald Trump is right: Our elections are rigged. Election Day arrives, and Hillary Clinton wins the popular vote, but Trump wins the Electoral College and the presidency. This is the fifth time such a discrepancy has happened in U.S. history. I challenge Mr. Trump to follow up on his statement that the system is rigged […]

One does not need a crystal ball to see that a Donald Trump administration will pillage and burn the environment for any and all financial gains. Thus, now more than ever, it is important, for people of any political stripe, to reduce, reuse, recycle and to be ready to hope to counterbalance and stem an […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: Result proves Sanders should have borne standard” (Nov. 17): Where does letter writer Cynthia Callnan get off calling her fellow citizens a degrading name like “The Marching Morons”? That stance will not go a long way in healing our country. If someone disagrees with you, that does not mean the […]

The answer to your front-page headline of Nov. 16: ” ‘Tell us … that we have a place in America’ “: The short answer is “yes, of course.” Let’s take it step by step. First of all: Stand up and be proud. You have done a very heroic thing. You have left home for the […]

To everyone living with domestic violence, from a survivor of domestic violence who is 77 years old: Get help now! In the past several days, there have been reports in the Portland Press Herald of two men arrested for serious domestic violence crimes. As a survivor, I know it’s hard to take the first step […]