A short while back, I begged your newspaper to stop showing so many pictures of the most recent ex-president. Talk about doubling down! The Dec. 16 publication features two pictures of him, in an article about keeping him off the Maine ballot. And, not a peep about his continuing mess with “missing” top-secret Russian influence […]

It is a foregone conclusion that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election. This should not mean that his name should be allowed on a Maine ballot. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution. Reasonable people will agree that he broke that oath once he fueled the insurrection in […]

This holiday season, L.L. Bean and Citibank are putting coal into all of our stockings. “Citibank which services the L.L. Bean credit card, is the biggest funder of new coal projects in the world. Some of Citibank’s profits from its lucrative credit card business are helping to finance these planet-destroying projects,” writes Tom Mikulka of […]

We need our small local morning diners more than ever.

Just as the press drove news accounts of Hilary Clinton’s emails endlessly into the ground, only to belatedly apologize, so it can’t stop harping now on President Biden’s age, while not mentioning Donald Trump’s. Rather, it would be nice to read about the actual accomplishments and ability of the two men to conduct the office […]

On Dec. 2, I drove down Congress Street in Portland, and when I got to Longfellow Square, I saw 30 or so people with Palestinian flags, posters and placards about the “genocide in Palestine.” I got out of my car to hear what was being said. The chant, “From the river to the sea, Palestine […]