Russia has invaded Ukraine, and the Biden administration says it’s going to institute the most severe monetary sanctions ever against the Putin regime. However, our energy supply is so important, the administration is still importing  700,000-plus barrels of Russian oil daily. With oil selling at more than $100 dollars per barrel, we’re providing $70 million […]

Re: “Bill Nemitz: Tucker Carlson is Maine’s official state humiliation” (Feb. 27, Page B1): In his 25 years of incisive writing, Bill Nemitz has elevated himself to the stature of America’s leading opinion columnist. Together with Editorial Page Editor Greg Kesich, he has propelled the Press Herald to challenge the grip of The New York […]

The Feb. 20 article about the Ghost Army’s role in helping win World War II (“Mainers among them, ‘Ghost Army’ tricked Nazis to give Allies an edge,” Page A1) brought to mind an excellent book by Maine writer Paul Janeczko, titled “Secret Soldiers: How the U.S. Twenty-Third Special Troops Fooled the Nazis.” In captivating detail, […]

I want to thank Maine Millennial columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal for making us aware of the letter signed by our representatives, Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden, regarding travel nurses and the staffing agencies that employ them (“Don’t blame nurses’ pay for ills of health care,” Feb. 20, Page D1). I wish they could shadow a nurse […]

I enjoy serious discussion and once found it in political debate, serious consideration of issues about which there was substantive disagreement.  I remember, as a kid, listening to an exchange between Sen. Ed Muskie and my grandfather, who was the midcoast representative in the Maine Legislature.  Muskie had come out to the island (Vinalhaven) for […]

We ask that God be merciful to us when we fall short, as I was reminded during Ash Wednesday’s service. That caused me to reflect that it is also appropriate to ask for God’s mercy when one courageously joins the good fight. It is fair to pray that God be merciful and not allow the […]

I support the passage of L.D. 1626 to restore the Wabanaki tribes’ inherent rights to self-governance. When the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act was passed in 1980, I was beginning my law practice, focused on civil rights. Before passage, I read newspaper articles and had discussions with friends and colleagues about a potential settlement between […]

As a parent with children in elementary and middle school in the Portland school district, I was dismayed to read about the Portland school board’s decision to mask its students indefinitely (“Portland schools not ready to lift mask mandate despite change in guidelines,” March 3). This decision, combined with a failure to provide criteria that […]