Once again, Sen. Susan Collins failed to represent the majority of Maine citizens. Her refusal to vote for the Inflation Reduction Act, which promises, among other things, to substantially boost financial support for limiting the effects of climate warming, shows a total disregard toward her constituents. Putting her party before what most Mainers actively support, […]

The script needs to change. There is no shortage of teachers. There is a shortage of teachers who can meet the demands of the profession. There are hundreds, thousands of former teachers in our districts and states, millions in the country. I am one of them. I have over 20 years experience, deep in the […]

The widespread effort throughout the country to ban books from school libraries and classrooms is shameful and also, at times, baffling. The New York Times reported today (“Texas school district removes Bible and Anne Frank adaptation in back-to-school sweep,” Aug. 17) that a school district in Texas ordered the Bible to be taken from the […]

My letter is to simply call attention to a viewpoint put forth by one of our great progressive presidents, Republican Theodore Roosevelt, who is considered to be one of the top five presidents to ever hold that office. The editorial was originally published in The Kansas City Star on May 7, 1918. I think the […]

Though I am a Maine voter who often disagrees with the actions of Sen. Susan Collins in Congress, Collins’ efforts to reform the Electoral Count Act have my complete support. There is, however, one crucial improvement to the draft legislation that would close a loophole that, left open, could become the cause of considerable electoral […]

Jim Fossel’s Aug. 14 column completely distorts the focus and reach of the just-passed Inflation Reduction Act, historic legislation that meaningfully addresses our warming planet, the economic needs of the middle class and the grossly underresourced IRS. No Republicans supported its passage, including Sen. Susan Collins. The legislation offers tax credits for residential clean-energy expenses […]

Much has been written, in an attempt to deflect responsibility for continuing/growing inflation and now recession from President Biden’s administration and Congress. His overly compliant Democratic-controlled Congress rubber-stamped all his multitrillion-dollar budgets/giveaway programs. Republicans were only marginally helpful in reducing those “way-more-than-necessary” numbers. The media aroused public frenzy with smokescreen issues (from which Biden attempts […]

What is the story of your heritage and ancestors? Sometimes we believe falsely that we have pulled ourselves up “by our own bootstraps” and succeeded in this life. However, I am a firm believer that I have come as far as I have in this life because of my ancestors. This is my heritage: My […]