March 2023 – Page 185 – The Portland Press Herald

Letter to the editor: How to keep the full retirement age at 67

March 11, 2023March 10, 2023

We should not raise the retirement age to 70 for Social Security. While we are living longer than the system ever expected, our bodies and minds have limits that come with age. Rather than raising the retirement age to 70, we should pay for the benefit with one or both of the following remedies. • […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Conservatives’ transphobia threatens us all

March 11, 2023March 10, 2023

What is it with the conservative wing of the Republican Party and transphobia? This past week, at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Committee conference, numerous speakers urged their party to support legislation to criminalize any act of doctors and parents to offer gender-affirming care. Do they really think this is a winning political strategy? One […]

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Private texts confirm it – Fox isn’t a news network

by Jake Whitney Progressive Perspectives March 11, 2023March 10, 2023

The communications that went public add further proof that the right-wing media network is nothing more than a hypocritical grift.

Op-eds, Opinion

The humble Farmer: Looking back on suspenseful tales of time and loss

by Robert Skoglund March 11, 2023March 11, 2023

If enough years go by, an old Maine man can learn to like country music or find the hearing aid that cost as much as he earned in the Coast Guard.

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Proposed project will be a change for the better in Bayside

by Todd Morse Special to the Press Herald March 11, 2023March 10, 2023

Speak up Tuesday in favor of a mixed-use walkable neighborhood that includes about 200 units of much-needed affordable housing near parks, trails, schools, supermarkets and more.