Didn’t think it likely that I’d disagree with Beem, and I normally enjoy reading his column. But this time, I not only disagree, I must insist that he is flat-out wrong about not endorsing Bernie “because there is too much at stake.” To back that assertion up, he says Bernie is a single-issue candidate – […]

Next November the citizens of Maine will have the opportunity to choose ranked choice voting as the way we elect our state officials. The prospect alarms extremist politicians – their propaganda machines are already at work. We can expect them to be alarmed – ranked choice voting threatens their power. It threatens their power because […]

I read Edgar Beem’s column as much as possible – especially while at Martin’s Point and/or the Casco Bay Ferry Teminal. How comforting and what a relief it is to hear, as clear as a bell, him hitting the nail on the head. Hear yea, hear yea! Donna Schwartz Portland

I write to express my gratitude to Maine state Sen. Cathy Breen. This year I helped plan Maine’s first Rare Disease Day event, at the State House in Augusta on Feb. 29. That day Sen. Breen took the time to come and meet with my wife and me, as well as many other Maine families […]

  When Barack Obama was re-elected President, some Republican leaders urged the party to address its image problem. They wanted the focus of the party to return to its fiscally conservative, small government values. To do that, the party would need to shake the perception that it was a party of exclusion, waging a war […]