As the Press Herald reports (“Island communities ask Gov. Mills to intervene to get ferry service back on track,” July 24), there have been cancellations of ferry services to various Maine islands because of problems related to hiring and retaining crew members. Those problems, in turn, are because of pay, as well as licensing requirements. […]

The recent column about the professional wrestlers who introduced Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention (“When Hulk Hogan talks, brother, we’d better pay attention,” July 31) raises a significant irony. Professional wrestling, of course, is staged; the conflicts and the violence are not real. So, having these wrestlers tout their toughness and attribute toughness […]

That Joe Biden is a cunning old devil. Here is what I think he did. After that disappointing debate, his resolve began to weaken. He’s an octogenarian, not a stupidinarian. Biden could see the looming prospect of Hannibal Lecter, er, I mean Donald Trump, smugly riding down Pennsylvania Avenue to the inauguration with Project 2025 […]