Trackers have become the paparazzi of Maine politics. Generally hired by political parties, they follow and put cameras into the faces of opposing candidates in the hope of capturing (or sometimes provoking) so-called “gotcha” moments. Statewide candidates, like Paul LePage, are obvious targets for trackers, but this is even taking place now in local legislative […]

I was watching Friday Night SmackDown, a popular wrestling show. It used to be watchable, but now it’s a lesson in how to gang up on a person. The bad thing about it is it’s so popular, as it’s on three or four times a week. It’s a really good lesson for our kids, isn’t […]

This is in reply to Deborah Diltz’s letter, “Letter’s insults, attacks on Trump ‘unworthy of publication’” (Aug. 28), in which she denigrated Norm Gellatly for his letter of Aug. 13. Insults and attacks? Could she honestly free Donald Trump of the charge? Trump, the one-time “leader of the free world” whose insults and attacks on […]

Margaret Craven is running for re-election to the Maine Legislature in Lewiston’s new House District 93, which runs from Sabattus to the north, west of Central Avenue. She deserves to be re-elected. Margaret has committed a large part of her life to her work in the Legislature, to Lewiston’s community life, to our well-being. Margaret […]

Former Gov. Paul LePage’s outlandish behavior made national news. He said out-of-state drug dealers with names like “D-Money” impregnate young white girls. Told students reading newspapers in Maine is “like paying somebody to tell you lies.” Said he makes up stories to mislead the media. Fake news comes from him. How do we know when […]

I’m writing to support the re-election of State District 94 Rep. Kristen Cloutier. I don’t live in Rep. Cloutier’s district; I live in Portland. But I’m a developer of mixed-income housing, and have worked with her on several projects to create high-quality, affordable rental housing in downtown Lewiston. When we were working on The Hartley […]

It’s dirty politics as usual. With the stroke of a pen and without congressional approval, $300 billion of taxpayer money will be spent toward student loans. For the millions of hardworking Americans who didn’t pursue higher education because they simply couldn’t afford it, now they are being deprived of a free ride. Once again, the […]

Donald Trump has it backward. He says we won’t have a country if his victory is not recognized. Actually, we won’t have the country anybody wants if large numbers of people continue to ignore the evidence and believe Trump won in 2020. We will have an autocracy (dictatorship) where nobody is free. Belief in the […]