About six weeks ago, we woke up to find that the president had changed his mind about new wars and had followed his “gut feelings” to plunge us into yet another one, this time against Iran. I am still uncertain as to what exactly he hoped to accomplish, but so far Operation Epic Bad Idea […]

I’m supporting Graham Platner for U.S. Senate. One of the many issues that I agree with Graham on is the need to fix our broken health care system and his support for a Medicare for all type system. I am a retired nurse and nurse educator. Since I started my career back in the early […]

I urge my age mates to step aside from today’s candidate lists.

Richard Flowerdew makes a sly argument against ranked choice voting (RCV) in a lengthy April 5 opinion piece, with a reference to the Maine Constitution’s plurality requirement, by asserting that the “… real goal of RCV is to eliminate ‘splitters,’” and by crying foul because the ballots “.. of the voters who did not vote […]

Like many Mainers, I don’t make voting choice lightly. I watch and see who is willing to do the work, listen to the people and approach problems with some common sense. In my view, Troy Jackson has demonstrated those qualities.  His record serving in the Maine Legislature and as Senate president stands out to me. […]

Too many lines have been crossed by President Trump. One could write a letter daily, if not hourly, regarding all the offenses this man has committed against us, the American citizens, our foreign partners and our laws. But the social media post he sent out on Easter Sunday, regarding his threat and tirade towards Iran, just put […]

A March 12 article (“‘Buy America’ rule killing Maine affordable housing, developers say“) vilified federal Buy America rules for slowing down housing construction projects here in Maine. The solution should not be to do away with Buy America. It should be to use the law as intended, including its waivers.  The Build America Buy America […]

We owe it to our state and our country to defeat Susan Collins this fall, but be wary of the potential costs of doing so.  When a candidate has no legislative history for voters to refer to, we must look at the totality of their character for clues on how they will behave with power.  […]

I deplore the vile creators and distributors of child porn. And I found your Feb. 17 article about the psychology of addiction to be shallow and misleading (“The psychology behind Eliot Cutler’s repeated arrests”). The article cited only  two sources, one of whom implied that a lack of willpower prevents porn addicts from curing themselves. […]