Is it as bad as it appears? Trump is a wannabe dictator, a complete narcissist who cannot tell the truth. He is mean, racist and a misogynist with a third grader’s vocabulary. He thrives on childish name-calling, revenge, hate and stokes “fear of the other” to divide. Specific examples of his incompetence have been excruciatingly […]

I’m accelerating my support of the Advanced Clean Cars II program. Thirteen other states have already sped past us by starting this initiative. Let’s make sure we, too, join the parade of zero-emission trucks and cars. Fans will be waving their flags! Mariana Tupper Falmouth

I wanted to voice strong support to the town councils of Scarborough and Cape Elizabeth for their forward-thinking decision to remove Sawyer Street and restore an area of the Spurwink Marsh. In the face of more frequent inundation because of rising sea levels and more intense/frequent storms, considering adaptation, relocation, protection, or potentially removal of […]

I recently read a piece in the Portland Press Herald about increasing awareness and urging Mainers to claim tax credits for which they are eligible. The article touched on the Child Tax Credit, which was expanded during the pandemic and now has the potential to provide support to more children once again. With H.R. 7024, […]

After the fall of China to the Communists in 1949, the Republican Party blamed the Democratic Truman administration of losing China. I wonder how history will judge the Republican Party if Ukraine falls to Russia because of a lack of military aid, as legislation providing Ukraine help is obstructed in the house. Donald Trump and […]

So, 1.4 million Palestinians huddle against the Egyptian border as Israel incessantly bombs Gaza. Today, Feb. 15, I read in news reports that Netanyahu has pulled out of cease-fire talks in Egypt. Over 28,000 people have already been killed in Gaza. This is not an eye for an eye but one eye for many and […]

I’m a social work student in the masters program at the University of Maine. I spent my undergraduate internship at a child welfare agency, specifically working with children who had been placed in foster care and doing supervised visitations with their biological parents. This is where I got to witness first-hand the foster care system […]

Nearly two decades before I was born, my mother had a safe and legal abortion — just weeks after the passage of Roe v. Wade. If not for that safe and legal access, her life would have been completely different. If she had been forced to have a child as a child, I would not […]