In response to “Let’s invest in a Maine where we can all age well” (Opinion, March 18), I feel compelled to share our family’s experience with the current state of elder care in our community. It will be a year next month since my mother-in-law passed away in an assisted living facility in southern Maine. […]

Susan Collins says that she is tired of the divisiveness in our politics. The senator doesn’t seem to realize that she is largely to blame for that. Not because of her positions, but because of her lack of clarity and forthrightness. Why does Collins never stand up, join with like-minded Republicans, and point out the […]

We need generational change in the Senate, which is why I’m voting for Graham Platner. I say this as someone in their 70s; old people are awesome. There are myriad reasons why older people continue to work. Working as a politician, however, is a different sort of job. I doubt any of the 70-plus year […]

“You have stage 4 cancer” are words that no one wants or expects to hear, especially in their 20s. Those words were said to me last October and I have been in cancer treatment since then. In that time, I have relied on medical cannabis to manage the nausea and chronic pain that I experience […]

Like many engaged voters who are tired of negative campaign ads, I was saddened to see the recent ad, endorsed by Gov. Mills, attacking Graham Platner’s past misogynistic posts on Reddit. As we are all coming to learn, those posts were written more than 14 years ago — they are posts that Platner has apologized for and no longer […]

I am writing in recognition of the driving force behind the MAGA movement. This force, the essence and spirit of the movement, is its intellectual foundation as well. I am referring, of course, to President Trump’s fabulous gut. This remarkable being always knows what needs to be done, and our venerable leader readily responds to […]