If you go into independent journalists’ and media websites you will learn there have been tens of millions of citizens who had to leave their countries because of extreme violence and war. This has been occurring for the best part of a decade. You might read about the Iraq citizens, Syrian citizens and people from […]

I disagree with Katy Marshall’s opinion (Maine Voices, Aug. 16) about noise complaints, including the ones from those of us deeply concerned with the management of Rock Row outdoor concerts. She moved into a neighborhood with pre-existing noise levels from industry and she accepts that as the cost of living in that neighborhood. Those of […]

Regarding the new “public charge” rules that would deny permanent status to immigrants who use public services:  It’s worth noting that while they say they exclude the school lunch program, in fact the only way students qualify for free and reduced lunch is for their parents to apply for food stamps and/or fill in a […]

The veiled encouragement toward racism and violence by Donald Trump at his alleys has surely attributed to the increase in mass carnage by white supremacist over the past two and a half years. I would go one step further and lay all the killings by assault type weapons since 2004 directly on the door step […]

Michelle Obama famously said, “When they go low, we go high.” Marianne Williamson is running for president and living this message. She is the only presidential candidate with the insight needed to enact humane policies while guiding America in tending to the roots of our invisible, multidimensional wounds. At marianne2020.com, you’ll find Williamson’s specific proposals […]

On July 17, in an impassioned speech before the Senate, Maine’s Angus King called on his fellow lawmakers to fulfill their responsibility to leave future generations free from debt – both financial, in terms of the nation’s deficit, and environmental, as in the carbon debt accrued from our use of fossil fuels, which brings with […]

It is hard to understate just how much money airports have to work with these days. The amount of money that airports took in per passenger was up 47 percent this century from 2000 to 2018, and is now at $30 billion a year. If you travel a lot, you will see that most large […]