Earlier this week, the Press Herald printed a letter in support of a candidate in Maine Senate District 30. The letter was mistakenly attributed to the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition. I am writing, as the chair of the MAHC Board of Directors, to clarify that we are a nonpartisan organization that does not endorse candidates […]

When we look back on the confirmation process of Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, one thing will most definitely stand out: Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ impressive, well-researched speech on the Senate floor and her historic vote in favor of confirming an impeccably qualified nominee. Sen. Collins is exactly what the people of Maine value […]

Jesus calls us to welcome the stranger in our midst. The Good Samaritan is illustrative. (Our Constitution commits us “to promote the general welfare.”) The Trump administration, governing the richest nation in the world, with its incomparable fertile land and other resources, will now allow only 30,000 refugees to enter the U.S. in the new […]

Sen. Susan Collins is a public official elected to represent the state of Maine in our federal government. It is her duty to represent the people of Maine, as well as the state itself on a national stage. By all measures, she failed to live up to those duties last Friday. Her televised speech, orchestrated […]