Re: “Commentary: Whoopi Goldberg got it all wrong on the Holocaust. But if she can learn, we all can” (Feb. 4): Whoopi Goldberg got it right, in my opinion. She was not uninformed and she did not make a misstatement. She was co-hosting ‘The View” and she was giving her view. In describing the atrocities […]

I’ve recently read and heard several unsettling stories regarding some states’ worries about critical race theory being taught in classrooms. States like Florida are pushing bills to essentially outlaw teaching uncomfortable history in order to avoid, in Gov. Rick DeSantis’ words, making kids “hate our country and each other.” I teach history to students 12 […]

Our Constitution’s Bill of Rights is impressive but reflect the times in which it is written – “the best of times and the worst of times,” à la Dickens. Therefore, and while it protects our rights to free speech and other things we consider important liberties, it falls short in protecting our most basic rights […]

As a psychiatric mental health nurse, I have worked a number of years with homeless individuals who have a major mental illness and/or substance use disorders. Because I know firsthand how devastating those illnesses are and how they rob people of not only certain healthy choices but also useful resources, I am always struck with […]

Saving a life shouldn’t be a crime. But this is the current reality for Mainers who witness or experience an overdose. Under current Maine law, 911 callers seeking to aid someone experiencing an overdose (including themselves) can face criminal charges for nonviolent crimes and probation or bail condition violations. The potential for criminal charges decreases […]

I was encouraged to read a recent article that Yarmouth schools are considering offering optional public pre-K beginning this fall. Yarmouth will be joining several other communities across our state that are expanding pre-K opportunities. I hope more communities move forward with offering public pre-K. Many of my law enforcement colleagues and I are pleased […]

Sen. Susan Collins recently described President Biden’s pledge to nominate a woman of color to the Supreme Court as “clumsy at best.” In the same interview, Maine’s senior senator refused to answer a simple question: Will you support former President Donald Trump for president in 2024? Ah, the Collins two-step. Vote to convict Trump on […]

I think that it is too bad that political cartoonist Rivers felt the need to draw the cartoon featured in the Thursday Press Herald (Feb. 3, Page A6), showing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Biden and making reference to Biden’s prospective Supreme Court nominee. I had to go online and look at […]