Rather than sending out late night messages about whatever is on his mind, perhaps President Trump should get some sleep so that he’s sharp and doesn’t nod off at meetings or while conducting official business. Heaven forbid he doesn’t become known as Sleepy Donald. Peter AndersonPeaks Island

I loved my grandparents. I appreciate the wisdom of experience. However, the challenges of municipal, state and federal government often require vigor and perseverance.  The voters in the state of Maine gave Angus King an additional Senate term when he was 80 years old. If he completes his term, he will be 86 and still […]

News recently broke that Donald Trump has added plaques to the hall of portraits of former presidents hanging in the White House. A plaque under the photo of President Barack Obama says he “was one of the most divisive political figures in American history,” who “passed the highly ineffective ‘Unaffordable’ Care Act.” Under a photograph […]

In his Dec. 24 letter, Dr. Paul Cain, ex-president of the Maine Medical Association (MMA), tells us that a poll of said association members favors a health care system that provides “universal coverage.” Well said. Me too. I wish Dr. Cain had gone a step further and explained to readers that the “big boys” at […]

After nearly eight decades of life, I have to wonder what I will miss next. My two cars no longer have keys in order to start. My television doesn’t need an antenna or a cable to have hundreds of channels for me to watch. Now the government has done away with pennies. What would President […]

I find it disturbing that congressional Democrats and most of the media are focused on finding a “smoking gun” proving that President Trump personally participated in the sexual abuse of underage girls — as if his long association with Jeffrey Epstein weren’t damning enough on its own. Their focus on direct involvement risks missing a […]

I was a registered nurse and a certified nurse-midwife for decades at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. I am very familiar with the work issues that have led to nursing burnout and exhaustion from chronic overwork as described by nurses everywhere. When I saw LD 1639 introduced in the Maine Legislature in 2023, I […]