I read Paul Kando’s excellent Maine Voices column, “We can put out next ‘Reichstag fire’ – if we’re ready to” (Oct. 2). I feel called by his writing to speak up publicly for a change. I am appalled by the leadership in Washington and the failure to promote and safeguard the basic principles of our […]

It’s not nice to list your friends from “best” to “worst,” right? Right – except for when you’re filling out your ballot in an election that uses ranked-choice voting. This fall in Maine, voters get to list their No. 1 favorite pick for several jobs, including U.S. president, U.S. senator and U.S. representative. This year […]

One of my personal heroes, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, once said, “Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” One of my sister legislators in the 129th Maine Legislature, Democrat Anne Carney, epitomizes that essential characteristic in all I have watched her do. […]

How ironic (or not) that columnist Bill Nemitz’s excellent “moment of clarity” (Oct. 4) is a glaring counterpoint to coverage of Maine Republicans flouting the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines at two campaign events. 1st District U.S. House candidate Jay Allen, a doctor, told the Press Herald: “We’re all going to get this […]

We should have known better, after Donald Trump loomed over Hillary Clinton in their Oct. 9, 2016, town hall debate, that it was time to end the time-dishonored spectacle of presidential debates. But no, we didn’t. And what did we get for our forbearance? Last week’s travesty of public speaking! If I were Joe Biden, […]

A few years ago, Republican Sen. Susan Collins supported a tax cut that lowered taxes for nearly every Maine taxpayer by 12 percent, which is why I don’t understand why Democrat Sara Gideon has chosen to attack Collins for this vote. Does Gideon actually think that Mainers feel the federal government is more deserving of […]

I am an independent, a veteran teacher, a mom, a grammy and a Christian. Long ago, when I was a young girl, my best friend’s mother was a Hungarian Jewish woman who survived Auschwitz. I vividly remember the day I broke down in tears, telling her, “I just can’t listen to another awful Auschwitz story.” […]

Since the top-notch COVID-19 treatment for Donald Trump’s illness worked so well for him, it should be readily available for all Americans who suffer from symptomatic COVID-19. In fact, it should be the cheapest and best health care, as Trump promised us all in 2016 during his presidential campaign. Ruth Gleim Gorham