Thank you to the Portland Press Herald Editorial Board for the minimum-wage clarification in “Our View: Augusta shouldn’t stand in the way of Maine minimum-wage hike” (Dec. 26). It has been a tough several years for the popular vote in Maine. We have a governor elected twice with less than 50 percent of the popular […]

Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Mitch McConnell and their minions, all of whom have 70 percent or more of their health care premiums paid for by the government, can’t wait to kill the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid. Feel the love! Don Federman Portland

Historians will, one day, document that the then-Republican candidate for U.S. president, Donald Trump, sent an emissary to Moscow to discuss with Russian authorities the hacking of Democratic National Committee emails and the timely release of the material to the American public. The real question is: Can President-elect Trump now ignore Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

Hoorah, we got a raise in our Social Security benefits: 0.3 percent! As if that were a joke, when I received my notice of a raise, it said that I would receive the same as I am getting now. I called Social Security and was informed that Medicare had gone up and that took my […]

If watching President-elect Donald Trump pounce on the seizure of a U.S drone by China as an opportunity to posture and rattle his saber stirs feelings of déjà vu – don’t worry, you’re right. It was April 2001 when a Chinese fighter jet and an American spy plane with 24 crew aboard “bumped” in midair, […]

One way to show your concern for the country is to fly the American flag upside down. This action has been reviewed by the courts and found to be a legitimate expression of free speech. Let’s use this method whenever needed. Walden S. Morton Cape Elizabeth