I am appalled by the false history peddled by Portland Health and Human Services Director Kristen Dow in her Aug. 6 op-ed regarding the India Street Public Health Center. She wrote that the clinic “has never been in danger of fully closing.” This is completely false. In 2016 City Manager Jon Jennings proposed closing the […]

Are you sick and tired of seeing both Sara Gideon and Susan Collins on TV over and over again? Something needs to be done to limit the contributions given by large corporations and donors. We have three more months of this rhetoric. I don’t know about you, but I have seen enough of this. Let’s […]

As someone who’s served with Speaker Sara Gideon in the Maine Legislature for years, I take issue with Gideon’s recent ads, including one published in every major newspaper (Portland Press Herald, July 15, Page A3) that makes the case that she is somehow bipartisan. In this ad, Gideon claims that she “has shown that she […]

After COVID hit, toilet paper and many groceries became scarce. Thanks in part to Maine farmers, our stores’ shelves have been replenished and local fruits and vegetables have burst into produce aisles, road-side stands and farmers markets. While the pandemic has tested the mettle of farmers, climate change may soon bring them to a breaking […]

A few days ago on Maine Public Radio, the $500 million budget deficit the state will face next year was being discussed. One commentator remarked, “Usually, when there is a budget shortage, there is one solution, and that is to cut spending. Nobody wants to raise taxes during a recession.” I was shocked. As the […]

I am an internist, and served two years in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The 1918 flu pandemic was forgotten when I began doctoring in 1965. Medicare was just passed, and I dreamed that universal health care might ensue. COVID-19 was unimaginable. In 2020, the […]

Re: The Aug. 3 letter to the editor “City Hall protests are counterproductive“: Writer David Ryder of Portland stated, “The tenters shouldn’t be allowed to disrupt government,” and suggested that the $275,000 per week in estimated lost city revenue could have gone toward helping the homeless. Here is the thing: Those who are homeless and […]

The leaders in the Maine House of Representatives and Maine Senate asked all representatives and senators to vote whether they wanted to open the Maine Legislature to complete their work. This would be going back to work, the job they should be doing. To my great surprise, the Republicans do not want to go back […]