Re: “Collins hasn’t said how she’ll vote, but she’s praised Biden, denounced Trump in the past” (Aug. 8, Page B3): This story makes clear that already by 2016, Sen. Susan Collins had declared that Donald Trump’s conduct would not earn her vote. She references his disrespectful and contemptuous attitude, “constant stream of cruel comments and […]

The answer to opening schools and other venues safely is to revamp or supplement the existing ventilation systems. This does not mean opening the windows and turning on the fans. It means a robust system that filters, disinfects and exchanges inside air with fresh outside air at least three times per hour. This means rebuilding […]

My drive yesterday in quiet rural Maine, some 20 to 30 miles from bustling midcoast summer activity, showed a heavy distribution of Trump-Pence yard signs, despite recent poll results that indicate growing Democratic preference. But significant are the more than 30 percent of poll respondents who admit to no preference. I rather guess that supporters […]

Writer and scholar C.S. Lewis once said, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience but shouts in our pains.” We as a nation are suffering now, and I believe God is shouting at us to trust in Him on this national election. Our strong and robust nation and vibrant economy was […]

In response to Susan Whitehouse’s claim (“Letter to the editor: Collins is a principled advocate for Mainers,” Aug. 12) that The Lincoln Project is working “on behalf of Sara Gideon”: It should be noted that The Lincoln Project is a political action committee formed in 2019 by current and former Republicans. Their goal is to […]

I am writing in support of Sara Gideon, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Maine. I have been a lifelong educator in the state of Maine and have unfortunately been involved with hundreds of Maine kids who have struggled with substance abuse and/or mental health issues. Sara is working to meet with the recovery […]

Flipping through the channels, as often happens, I landed on a baseball game. I was amazed and dumbfounded to see cardboard facsimiles of fans who apparently wish they were there, filling in the rows. Is that baseball’s answer to the pandemic? Is it funny – or rather absurd? Do shopkeepers use cardboard shoppers to entice […]

As someone who recently applied for the Portland Charter Commission, I urge the City Council to not waste any more time in setting the date for the election of Charter Commission members. At the council meeting Aug. 10 I learned that the election for commission members cannot occur at our next municipal election in November […]

Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election for a variety of reasons, including some of her own making. Who can forget the reference to a “basket of deplorables”? Her campaign managers undoubtedly also rue the decision to not spend adequate time and other resources in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. This year, Sen. Susan Collins appears […]