In the Jan. 7 edition of the Press Herald, a photo appears of President Trump dancing after his illegal operation in Venezuela above the lines: “Trump says his voters loved his attack on Venezuela … here’s what they think.” I am reminded of a propaganda photo of Adolf Hitler dancing a jig after the surrender […]

On Jan. 1, 2026, the price of my medication finally came down — and it will change my life. I have been living with psoriatic arthritis for over 40 years, a condition that I treat with a medication called Enbrel. For most of that time, the price set by its manufacturer, Amgen, felt completely out of […]

It doesn’t have to be this way. I am 81 and grew up in Minneapolis. When I graduated high school, I got my bachelor’s degree at the University of Minnesota. It cost me $90 per quarter — for a total of $1,080 for my degree. This included free medical care. What has changed? Sixty years […]

I get my hard news from many sources, your papers, The Economist, TV, online, but I want to communicate that, hard news aside, I appreciate good writing. In particular I want you to know that I subscribe to (winter) the Sun Journal and (summer) the Press Herald — largely for the quality of the writing. […]

There has been massive supportive coverage on Graham Platner running in the Democratic primary for senator in your newspapers. Granted he is young and fresh, at age 41, but forgotten is that he had a Nazi symbol created in a tattoo on his chest when he was age 20 and just had it removed this […]

Dozing off, obsessing about yesterday’s slights, real or imagined, making some irrational decisions, insisting on always being right due to unique life experiences, these are all “old” grandfather traits we personally have seen before and laughed off. But never was America’s future as a democracy, or our reliability and respect as a world leader, at […]