Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that the states cannot exclude a candidate from running for public office and that it is up to the Congress to enforce Article 3 of the 14th Amendment, I call on the Congress of the United States to act. It is obvious that Donald Trump violated the oath […]

As a 31-year-old hospitality worker who is so desperately needed in this state, people like Caitlin Day are exactly why I’m leaving Maine this year. People in this state don’t want workers – they want to price everyone out so they can have it all to themselves. Too bad they need workers to keep a […]

Kudos to the Maine Sunday Telegram for the Feb. 25 editorial, “We cannot get gun safety wrong this time around.” As the paper pointed out, there are shortcomings with Gov. Mills’ proposed legislation. First, the tweaks of Maine’s yellow flag law are not enough; it essentially needs to become a red flag law. We need […]

Here we are in an election year, and two major candidates for president are once again not discussing one of this country’s most critical problems. During two storms in January, Mainers experienced the power of rising seas and the havoc wrought by increasingly intense storms. The World Health Organization estimates that 3.6 billion people in […]

In the Feb. 18 opinion column, “Biden’s memory is failing. So is Trump’s,” the question is asked: But what about all the other stuff? Indeed. Biden’s deep memory of all the studies documenting America’s failing infrastructure resulted in hundreds of billions being passed by Congress. Trump’s memory? He forgot. Biden’s deep memory of discussions with […]

I stayed up past my normal bedtime to watch Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech. He fluffed a few lines, as always. This likely has nothing to do with his age, as the MAGA camp likes to claim, but is a function of the childhood stutter he has succeeded in managing. Thirty minutes of […]

Should Donald Trump again become president, our country deserves every bit of bile he dishes out. America is Donald Trump; it’s what made him who he is. The United States of America is supposedly the world’s greatest nation. However, it has a history with some rather disgusting qualities: greed, bigotry, slavery, selfishness, prejudice, manifest destiny, […]

Why do we need an assault weapons ban in Maine? Handguns are for protection. Hunting rifles are for hunting. Both are useful tools and welcome in Maine. Assault weapons have one and only one purpose. They are designed to kill people. Many people. Quickly and efficiently. When placed in the hands of an angry person, […]