I want Sen. Susan Collins to know that gun-violence prevention will be one of my top priorities at the ballot box. I have just signed a pledge to be a “Gun Sense voter” this November, because I’m done waiting for Congress to act to prevent gun violence. This election, and for every election until this […]

On April 28, at Scarborough High School, Maine youth from several area high schools came together to host the inaugural Maine Youth Environmental Convention. There may be a lack of leadership on environmental issues at some levels of government, but no lack of leadership with these teens, who organized a lively and useful conference with […]

Accompanying an Associated Press story citing “a report,” the Press Herald published this headline of phony “news” on May 1: “Kelly denies that he called Trump ‘idiot’ ” (Page A2). John Kelly, President Trump’s chief of staff, says that this unverified story is “total BS,” and President Trump tweeted, “The fake news is going crazy […]

I am a retired State Department officer and a 30-plus year member of the U.S. Foreign Service, including overseas as a state annuitant and an officer with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. I am often surprised by how little is known about the work of American diplomats. We serve at 270 posts […]