April 22 is Earth Day. If one truly cares about our planet Earth, there are two actions that can be taken that will help Earth survive: One is to reduce travel and driving, because of the release of carbon dioxide from these activities. The second is more difficult and perhaps more important: Reduce or eliminate […]

If you were a visitor from away, reading the Portland Press Herald last week, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the poor were massing for the attack, particularly in the vicinity of Bayside. First was the article about the Bayside Neighborhood Association asking the City Council for a temporary moratorium on homeless shelters in Bayside […]

Is anyone else getting sick and tired of being pestered by vaccinated parents about getting the vaccine? I’m in my 40s. The older generations got their own separate time at the head of the line, while I get lumped in with 60 percent of the state’s population at the exact same time. I’m on the […]

Regarding Portland’s proposed social services and public health facility on upper Forest Avenue, reported in the Press Herald on April 15 (“Councilors support relocating social, public health services,” Page B1), I am concerned about Portland Stage attendees. As decades-long subscribers to Portland Stage Co., my wife and I have often observed that our fellow audience […]

Hydro-Quebec wants to run clean, renewable power into Maine and as part of the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project. I’m all for it. Despite opinions to the contrary, Maine will benefit directly from this important project. The NECEC will bring $140 million in direct electric rate relief on top of $350 million in […]

I have known Sen. Angus King since his early television days, through his governorship and now his eight years in the U. S. Senate. My sense is that he identifies as an independent so that he can be a consensus builder without regard to party affiliation. He is a thoughtful moderate who uses civility, respect […]

Maine has some of the most inclusive and protective voting laws in the country. We should feel proud that Maine, more often than not, welcomes and encourages our people to vote. This is the bedrock of a functioning democracy. Unfortunately, two dozen states, including, most glaringly, Georgia, are doing exactly the opposite: passing voter suppression […]

We do not need more gun laws. We need to strictly enforce the laws we already have on the books. I love to hear these so-called experts who know everything but don’t know the the difference between automatic and semi-automatic. Full automatics are illegal to own unless you have a special license. I am a […]