I am voting for Bettyann Sheats for state Senate District 20 (Auburn, Poland, New Gloucester and Durham). Ms. Sheats’ lived life shows she values service to her community and her country, values I  deeply respect. Not only did she graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and serve her country as a helicopter […]

Clean drinking water is a basic right, and most of us are fortunate to enjoy it. Unfortunately, the Passamaquoddies of Pleasant Point do not. Water tests regularly show dangerous chemicals, and the water is often too dirty for drinking or washing. A bill in the legislature (LD 906) would allow the Passamaquoddies to access clean […]

Catherine Rampell’s “Trump broke the immigration system” column (March 22, page A5) is way off the mark. The author, while understandably critical of former President Trump’s reduction of the refugee allocation to 15,000 per year, is wrong that Trump “sabotaged the U.S. immigration and refugee system.” If “sabotage” means reducing “encounters” at the southern border […]

I write in response to the letter from Lynn Ouellette (“Court confirmation hearings needed more respect,” March 26). She comments on the spectacle which took place during the recent Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearings. I wonder if she remembers what took place during the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh? Ketanji Brown Jackson received pretty […]

Now and for the past couple decades, we are experiencing the greatest generational transfer of wealth in our nation’s history. I am talking about wealth being willed from the “Greatest Generation” to Baby Boomers. I wonder how these Boomers, as heirs and/or siblings, might react knowing of their pending windfall. As parents live longer, they […]

I support Bettyann Sheats as a Clean Election candidate for Maine Senate District 20. As a longtime teacher of American history and economics I respect the Maine Clean Election Act, which severs the connection between private money and public office. Using the strict rules of the CEA, Clean Election candidates and Maine citizens avoid the […]

I certainly was surprised at the extent of the dislike for Central Maine Power and how the fossil fuel interest spent more than $20 million to channel that anger into rejecting the New England Clean Energy Corridor. What hasn’t surprised me is what has happened since. It has become very clear why companies like NextEra […]

Currently funding for school in Maine is limited to public schools. But if the funding followed the individual student, that would allow families to have their children attend the schools that best fit their academic and social and emotional needs. Many students do better when they attend a private school rather than a public school. […]