The debacle of the illegal second strike on the survivors of the alleged Venezuelan drug boat is the latest evidence that the incompetent and criminal Trump administration has got to go. Our Maine Congress members have passively stood by for 10 months while Donald Trump and his cabinet of misfits have repeatedly violated the Constitution. […]

On Dec. 8, President Trump said to ABC reporter Rachel Scott, “You are obnoxious … terrible.” On Dec. 6, he said of CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins, “Always stupid and nasty.”  On Nov. 27, he said to CBS reporter Nancy Cordes, “Are you stupid?” On Nov. 26, he called New York Times reporter Katie Rogers, “ugly.” […]

I thank both Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King for opposing Pete Hesgeth’s appointment as secretary of defense last January. Back then, it was painfully clear that Mr. Hegseth was a man without understanding or competence, and since his appointment, he has proven this many times over — with his mishandling of sensitive information […]

I was incensed to see President Trump refer to our Somali-Americans, and the country they come from, as “garbage.” He uses language in a demeaning and hateful way. It is shameful to have the president of our country use infantile speech in such a hateful and disgusting way. When I served as mayor of Lewiston, I […]

I appreciated the Dec. 9 Maine Monitor article, “Homeschooling is growing in Maine. Here’s what that looks like.” Missing, though, was a thorough description of home schooling, its good outcomes and the support for it in Maine established by law. Maine’s home school students can use their local schools to take the same courses as […]