As the old Scottish poem says, the best-laid plans often go astray. That’s exactly what happened to the Democrat Party here in Maine on Election Day. The party had what they thought was the plan to unseat Susan Collins. They poured in millions of dollars in out-of-state money to lead a dirty ad campaign that […]

Marc A. Thiessen’s syndicated column has become an insult to its readers. Last week’s right-wing diatribe is a mockery of the truth (“With the sound off, Trump is a great conservative president,” Page A13, Oct. 30). He rambles on (Donald Trump style) about how great a conservative president he is to support his thesis: “Trump’s […]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent her life on the Supreme Court working for women’s rights. Donald Trump wasted no time in nominating Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to take her place, someone expected to vote to repeal Roe v. Wade. It is well known that conservative religions agreed to support Trump’s re-election for his […]

It is our turn to be the heroes. For the last eight months we have leaned very heavily on the medical community. Maybe now we need to let them lean on us. If COVID cases surge, they will be the ones directly affected. We are the ones who can flatten the curve. Wear your masks, […]

As a U.S. citizen, I’m putting this on record. In the U.S., 160 million voters were expected to vote in this election. By saying Wednesday that he wants even the initial vote counting to stop, Donald Trump has declared himself a would-be tyrant. One of my ancestors took a musket ball to the forehead at […]

Consider these facts. Three major corporations from Texas and Florida fund a political action committee in Maine. They call themselves “Mainers for Local Power.” This month (according to their 11-Day Pre-General Election Report), that PAC writes a single $570,000 check to Washington, D.C., political operatives. The payment is for the collection of petition signatures from […]

I wrote this letter on Halloween. How appropriate, because there is a “man in black” at the back of the hearing room whenever a Nordic Aquafarms permit application is under discussion. That man is a justice on the Waldo County Superior Court. He – not the state Board of Environmental Protection – will decide Nordic’s […]