It made me sick to watch the Senate Judiciary Committee grill Big Tech over its failure to protect children from inappropriate internet content. What sickened me wasn’t Big Tech’s action or inaction. It was the gross hypocrisy of U.S. senators when it comes to gun violence, the leading cause of death of children and teens […]

I challenge everyone who is tired of all these mass shootings and gun violence to institute change that can save lives. How? By personally reaching out to our state senators, legislators and Gov. Mills, telling them why they should pass strong gun safety laws in Maine. Call or send them an email. Go to maine.gov […]

I’m writing in support of gun control priorities for the upcoming legislative session in the face of the mass killings in Lewiston and the continuing slaughter and carnage across America. Public opinion overwhelmingly supports gun control. Assault weapon advocates somehow rationalize that their right to threaten others with guns and kill people is somehow on […]

Trees, oceanside housing, Donald Trump, the Constitution, local health care, downtown architecture. What do these things have in common? They shared space on the Portland Press Herald’s Jan. 27 opinion page, and that made me proud of local people like James Flint, Justin C. Hill, David Simpson, Aaron Hoffman, Barbara Dee and Jake Hawkins. I […]

I feel compelled to write about the front page story of Jan. 18 regarding the resignation of the diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator for South Portland schools (“South Portland schools DEI coordinator resigns after receiving racist email”). I was appalled that, in this day and age, someone could make gross, hateful, racially charged generalizations about […]

I write about a letter published Jan. 30 (“Face it, Trump was never the problem”). Wow, a rare peek into the mind of a Donald Trump supporter. I don’t know anyone who thinks President Biden is a liar. The wave of racism during Biden’s tenure is surely a figment of the writer’s imagination. She’d rather […]

Some of our neighbors have decided that they know best what we can and cannot do with our bodies. They need us to do what they think is right regardless of what we think is right. What comes next: Do they decide where we can and cannot live? Do they decide that our children can […]

In his Jan. 30 concert review, Steve Feeney gave rather short shrift to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, which was brilliantly performed by the Portland Symphony (“Review: Beethoven’s 5th caps off concert of tough-minded music”). His brief comments were positive but did not convey the passion with which it was performed by conductor Eckart Preu and the […]