How to describe Trump supporters, including friends, without sounding condescending? They identify as  conservatives, but they support a man who tramples on traditional Republican beliefs such as free trade, strong alliances with other Western democracies and fiscal discipline (we’re headed for a trillion-dollar deficit). Then what are they? Conservative columnist George Will nails it: “low-information” voters. […]

I have some resolution suggestions that I would share: • Those who have good health should cherish and protect it; • Those who are skiers or snowboarders should wear a helmet (I wish I had); • Dump Trump and make America morally responsible again; and • I would wish for everyone to have a healthy […]

We all probably know someone who asks for repetition more often than usual, probably someone in their 60s or 70s; maybe your mother or grandfather. You have probably dutifully repeated your words more loudly and followed up by asking “Have you considered hearing aids?” Well, that’s the type of person to whom you could give […]

I came of age with the “War on Drugs.” Nancy Reagan urged my grade-school classmates to “just say no,” while each new policymaker couldn’t wait to take a harder line than the next. “Tough on crime” was the only look in vogue. And where did that get us? More than one Mainer per day died […]

Impeachment is not about undoing the 2016 election. Even if Donald Trump had come into office clean — without the hush payments to mistresses, tax fraud from his foundation and so on — what he did with regard to Ukraine violates his oath of office. He used his governmental position to promote his private political […]

Belated congratulations to Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg for winning Time magazine’s Person of the Year Award. True to form, the gold medal narcissist who occupies the Oval Office, one of four runners-up for the award, was all jealousy and mockery in reaction. Trump won the award in 2016 when still president-elect. Though a runner-up […]

I write in response to Rep. Jared Golden’s comments in a Sun Journal story (Dec. 11). Rep. Golden implies needing to have all the information before acting on CMP’s application. Residents of Maine have, for the past year, analyzed all the real information and corporate hype needed to say “no” to something so unwarranted and […]

Joan Villani wrote (Dec. 10) that President Trump is draining the governmental swamp. Not! Trump is the problem, not the solution. Since 2016, he has hired and surrounded himself with lackeys who share his lack of ethics and seek to enrich themselves at taxpayer expense. Six of Trump’s close associates are now convicted criminals: National […]

I recently heard someone refer to themselves as a “repulsed Republican” — repulsed by the actions and demeanor of President Trump but holding on to the core ideals, socially and economically, of the Republican Party. I hope there are more Republicans who feel the same. Unfortunately, they are in a double-bind. To vote for those […]

Maine has it right in having one of the most accessible voter processes in the U.S. The opinion offered in Tim Gallant’s letter “Require an ID to vote” (Dec. 4) failed to articulate direct suspicion. Mainers safeguarded constitutional rights to vote with the people’s veto of LD 1376 in 2011, rejecting new voter registration at […]