With the apparent demise of a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate her pregnancy, all American women, as African Americans before them, are now considered unequal under the law. Mainers and women across the U.S. have Sen. Susan Collins to thank for their loss of equality. It was Collins’ vote that propelled Brett Kavanaugh […]

Maine U.S. Rep. Jared Golden is sponsoring HR 6707, the Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act. If enacted, this bill would amend the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act to allow the Wabanaki tribes to benefit from future federal laws that apply to other federally recognized tribes. The House Natural Resources Committee will decide soon […]

Kudos to June Sendrowski for her April 26 letter highlighting the law requiring drivers to allow at least 3 feet between their mirror and bicyclists. She nicely emphasized this means that drivers need to slow down until they do have 3 feet! A friend was recently traveling on her bike through Morrill’s Corner. She could […]

In considering abortion, conservatives have skewed the focus. They have ignored the kind of life a woman would have to live if she were forced to give birth, especially if she is unwilling or unable to raise a child into adulthood. And, more importantly, children born into such chaos would start life with the cards […]

Last week, the Press Herald published an article highlighting the fact that home heating oil has neared yet another unprecedented high in cost, nearing $6 per gallon. Mainers across the state have felt the squeeze of energy costs this winter, as over 60 percent of Maine homes are still reliant on heating oil, the highest […]

Are Scarborough voters considered idiots? Apparently we are, according to the actions of the officials working at Town Hall. “The voters approved funding (in November 2021) to replace the field and the track, not to exceed $1.9 million.” So says Superintendent Geoffrey Bruno in a Scarborough Public Schools letter dated May 5. But now town […]

As a wildlife biologist, I’ve spent my career working to protect vulnerable species, including migratory birds. Now retired, I’ve found Maine the perfect place to enjoy a variety of species that I care so much about personally and professionally. Common loons, rusty blackbirds and bald eagles frequent our property on Moosehead Lake, which my wife […]

I’m on Social Security Disability Insurance and can maybe work part time in a foggy entrance-level job, to my shame and others’ judgment (American bootstrap thinking, here). I feel like I’m hanging on financially by my fingernails, but I want to do my best to stay. Here we have social services like public transportation, and access […]