Watching the House impeachment hearings sickened me with a realization: We live in two Americas. Not just rich versus poor or black versus white – those are worrisome enough. No, I am talking about fact versus gaslight. This trend threatens our democracy. In democracy scholar Larry Diamond’s most recent book, “Ill Winds,” he writes: “Some […]
2019
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Impeachment hearings make case for term limits
I’ve learned a few things from watching “The Schiff Show”: The Democrats are smarter than everyone else in the whole world, and we need term limits for every politician on a town, city, county, state and federal level. We have term limits for governors and the president – why not for the rest of these […]
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: I’m on Medicare, but I still got stuck with a $25,000 hospital bill
The fact that I’m also a physician didn’t clue me into this unfair gap in coverage.
Posted inMaine, News
Harpswell family thought they’d lost cat in fire, but then came ‘Christmas miracle’
The Cresseys were reunited with Simba on Thursday.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Details of missing Richmond woman’s medical, police records didn’t belong in news story
I am writing to express my strong feelings of distaste for the Kennebec Journal article published on the front page of the local section of the Press Herald on Dec. 11: “Missing woman struggles with mental health, medical records show” (Page C1). In both the photo and the article, but more so the article, I […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Maine official seems to backtrack on commitment to closing youth prisons
Colin O’Neill’s statement that Long Creek is part of a continuum of services to young people is disappointing.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Hypocrisy is at the heart of Equal Rights Amendment opposition
Critics are still about denying women power – they’re just phrasing it differently from they way they did in the 1970s.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: What makes the Iowa caucuses so complicated?
The organizational requirements, the high turnout, the money spent and on hand – all of these keep things interesting.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Adding barriers to employment would hurt asylum seekers, Maine communities
Mainers who want to make it easier for newcomers to find work should comment on two proposed federal rule changes.
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Mathew H. Poftak Jr.
SACO – Mathew H. Poftak Jr. of Biddeford Pool, Maine, passed peacefully at The Landing at Saco Bay on December 22, …