Following our election, many will be joyous, content, reassured while others will wrangle with disbelief, anguish and despondency. We now must reconcile ourselves with what our country has chosen as we go about our lives, our mundane tasks, engage in conversation. Because going forward is an imperative, our great task, we must see one another […]

In the weeks since Mayor Dion reversed his support of the Portland divestment resolution, an estimated 10,000 civilians have been slaughtered by the Israeli military in Gaza. No one knows the precise number, since there are no functioning hospitals nor ambulances to pick up the wounded and the dead. At the height of the Holocaust, […]

I concede that Donald J. Trump is the president-elect. I believe that he won the election, legitimately, without cheating, without getting illegal immigrants to somehow vote for him, without stuffing ballot boxes, without forging mail-in ballots and without the help of Venezuela hacking electronic voting machines to switch the votes. I want to know if […]

Regarding the Nov. 2 op-ed “A plea to all Jewish Mainers,” I would ask the writer to please find any group of Palestinians who are willing to negotiate peace with Israel. Find 100 people willing to live side-by-side with Israel and accept it as a state. Point to one Palestinian ruler, for Hamas, Islamic Jihad, […]

I would like to address a prevalent belief that increasing the inventory of high-end residential housing will automatically lead to an increase in affordable housing options. This notion seems reminiscent of the “trickle-down theory,” which has been widely criticized in past economic discussions for its flawed assumptions. While it is understandable that some may view […]