I sympathize with Stuart Tisdale’s letter in Friday’s Press Herald (“Atrocities in Bucha clarify need for U.S. to send in troops against Russia,” April 8), but I cannot endorse it. What Mr. Tisdale seems to have failed to grasp is that Russian President Vladimir Putin is as crazy as a backhouse rat. If the U.S. […]

L.D. 2003 is a small step toward making long-term progress in our statewide housing crisis. The bill has been amended since it was proposed to address concerns raised about imposing state mandates on local communities and retaining local control. Frankly, we aren’t happy with the changes, but we realize that progress must begin with small […]

Brava to Sen. Susan Collins, for being one of the three courageous Republican senators to support the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. Collins acted in the honorable tradition of other Maine senators who have crossed party lines and voted their conscience – beginning with Margaret Chase Smith and continuing […]

Now that Bucha is before our eyes, we need to decide what kind of world we are willing to stand up for. Send in troops to push Russian forces back to the borders of their own country. If we do the right thing now, maybe, just maybe, we will give the bully’s opponents inside the […]

Flavored tobacco products have been a big issue for some time now and are often overlooked. All tobacco products may lead to health risks, but flavored tobacco products are a gateway substance for teens. They are the leading cause of teen tobacco addiction in our state. Something has to change.Many children start a life of […]

I’m writing to express my gratitude and appreciation for the outstanding care I received recently as a patient of the cardiac intensive care unit and the first-floor wing at Maine Medical Center. In the three days I spent in the acute care unit, recovering from open chest heart surgery, the round-the-clock nurses caring for me […]

Given that the majority party in Augusta is not frugal with taxpayer money, clearly the $1.2 billion revenue surplus is proof that Mainers are painfully overtaxed. This raises a question regarding the ongoing debate in Augusta about how much and when to return some of the people’s money. The answer seems pretty easy: When people […]