On Memorial Day weekend, the Press Herald prominently featured an Associated Press photograph of Rachel Schneider with the article headlined “Schneider poised for Olympic opportunity” (May 30, Page C1), blatantly disrespecting the American flag. This is deeply offensive to me and to many other people as well, I’m sure. I could be very happy for […]

Some have called upon our government to reduce foreign aid to needy countries in order to rebuild our economy and relieve the suffering of Americans during the pandemic. Is this wise? Although the United States gives more aid than any other country, we are the wealthiest country and our contribution is less than 0.2 percent […]

I am the owner of a small, successful and growing business in southern Maine that is quite dependent upon reliable electric service. I have been reading there is some radical proposal for the state to try to seize the private assets of Central Maine Power and Versant Power and replace them with a nonprofit organization […]

I write concerning the Associated Press news story published June 2, reporting the elation of Sen. Susan Collins on the potential of the reopening of the Maine-New Brunswick border and the harm the closing had caused to families and businesses in Maine. The story should have highlighted the pandemic experience, particularly health outcomes, on each […]

The absentee ballot I cast last week was my first-ever vote, and I was thrilled to rank Ben Grant No. 1 for Charter Commission at large. Grant is a candidate with unapologetically progressive ideas – things like allowing permanent residents to vote, publicly financing elections and strengthening the position of mayor to give Portlanders more […]

The editorial of May 18, “Our View: Abortion rights under attack in Maine and nation,” reprinted here in The Sun (Westerly, Rhode Island) on May 25, displays the ignorance and error of the Editorial Board. Cremation or burial are required by law for all other people. Presently, most remains after abortions are hauled away by […]

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s latest attempt to sabotage the Postal Service cannot be ignored. His new 10-year proposal would eliminate first-class mail from being shipped by air, thus slowing down the mail. He wants to raise rates and lower the hours post offices are open. Additionally, this man – who has owned millions of dollars […]

“To be at peace with robbery is to be an accomplice to it,” wrote Edmund Burke of the French Revolution. The Republicans – not including Sen. Susan Collins – who voted to block the bipartisan Jan. 6 riot investigation into the gravest assault on our democracy since the War of 1812 have become accomplices of […]