We are appalled to learn that the Trump administration is proposing a 25% reduction in the National Park Service budget for 2027. The National Park Service is responsible for not only our national parks — America’s best idea — but also for a multitude of national monuments, preserves, reserves, refuges, battlefields, lakeshores, seashores, rivers, trails, […]

The same way the Portland Sea Dogs’ throwback jerseys invoke a previous era, Sen. Susan Collins’ support for the Iran war feels like a throwback to her support for George W. Bush’s disastrous Iraq war.  Collins refuses to vote against President Trump’s war with Iran. The shocking truth is that she champions it, even after […]

An April 17 letter to the editor stated that reducing the use of wild bird seed will reduce the tick population on our lawns, presumably out of a belief that the birds visiting an empty feeder will, instead, eat ticks.   Although I probably dislike ticks, particularly deer ticks, as much as the letter writer, […]

It is unfortunate that Sen. Collins has taken to misleading Mainers by omitting critical aspects of the SAVE Act. Building on this deception in a recent op-ed, Collins backer Sharon Bemis characterized Collins’ stance as an example of “steady, common-sense leadership.” It is neither. In an hour-long speech, Sen. Collins’ closest Senate friend, Republican Lisa Murkowski of […]

I am writing to express my distress about Rep. Jared Golden’s vote against the recent War Powers Resolution — especially as his choice aligns him with the half of Congress that refuses to do its job.  Golden’s stated rationale — that the resolution risked undermining U.S. leverage and would impose an abrupt halt — doesn’t […]