When Fox News interviewed former Gov. Paul LePage about his wrong-minded criticism towards Maine’s asylum-seekers, he made assumptions about the needs of the state’s aging population. He was wrong to say that Mainers who “lived their lives in Maine are without services in their aging years or with their disabilities.” He assumed the reason is […]

On Jan. 24, state Rep. Victoria Morales, D-South Portland, voted to limit public access to Maine House of Representative meetings. The change to House rules will prohibit members from photographing or videotaping the transaction of public business in the House. It will prevent members, and by extension the public, from recording business when the media […]

I am writing to express the gratitude of the Foreside Community Church and, I am sure, Grace Street Ministry, for your well-written Jan. 17 article regarding the church’s sock drive to benefit Grace Street and their ministry to people experiencing homelessness. We are still receiving a steady stream of donations. Just this morning, a package […]

Make no mistake, President Donald. J. Trump and his MAGA-hatted wall nuts are to blame for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Trump has been willing to make millions suffer unnecessary financial hardship and place the entire country in danger, simply to appease his dwindling base of supporters who demand a border wall. On […]

While I come down on Edgar Allen Beem’s side on many issues, his relentless flogging of Hillary Clinton as the candidate who “should have won” the 2018 presidential election has become tiresome. It has been borne out multiple times that there are inescapable truths about Clinton and the mainstream Democratic Party. First, there has been […]

There’s an important difference between offensive and obscene. To illustrate that point, we need look no further than our president. Donald Trump fully dressed is offensive. Donald Trump naked is obscene. This distinction is important because Maine law requires us to protect our children from obscenity, but not from offensiveness. Therefore, it’s legal to allow […]

Are you ready for some (deflated) football? You should be if you’re a kid or fan in Portland, where the city’s two high schools are considering combining their teams due to shrinking participation. Football in The Forest City is in tough shape. The Portland Youth Football League, which covers grades 2-8, went from 190 players […]

On a Tuesday, Sarah calls. “Do you want to join me for ‘RBG’?” I don’t know what she means and I don’t ask because I love Sarah. She has great ideas. I say, “Ya, maybe.” She says, “Friday night.” I don’t inquire into “RBG,” the who, what, where, when, or why. I trust my pal […]

Congratulations, Mid-Coast Forecaster, on your loving Jan. 25 issue. By the time I’d read your lead story about kitten yoga, and your three editorials about love trumping hate, women and children trumping men as political leaders, and real-life interactions trumping virtual ones, I had tears on my cheeks, tears of gratitude for these expressions of […]

Thank you for the article on the GoFundMe campaign to raise $25,000 to buy a seizure-sensing dog for the son of longtime Falmouth fifth-grade teacher, Paul Rosenblum. “Mr. R,” as he’s affectionately known, has been helping our children for years. I know; he helped ours. We’re lucky to have the opportunity to give back. I […]