“Malarkey,” a term popularized by Joe Biden for nonsense or rubbish talk, comes to Portland Press Herald readers in frequent doses. Online comments on letters to the editor are predictably monopolized by the same few trolls who have been wrong on nearly every important national issue for the past 10 years. They’re hopelessly intolerant of […]

As a resident of House District 90, here in Auburn, it’s “comforting” to know that the majority party in Augusta has seen fit to restore our collective voices. As we all know, earlier in the session our representative, Laurel Libby, had the audacity to question the legislative leadership’s perspective on social media posts, and was […]

I agree with Karen Levine Egee’s July 7 op-ed stating that people are basically good. But we in America have been trained over a long period of time to think that, in order to feel good about ourselves, more is better. We are good people and don’t need more and more to be happy. President […]

Our local legislators deserve a big thank you for supporting LD 814, the Older Mainers Act. This important legislation allows Agencies on Aging to address needs at the local level. Championed by Rep. Kristin Cloutier, and supported by Sen. Peggy Rotundo among many others from our region, this funding will allow agencies to address older […]

We have learned that Sen. Susan Collins is out for herself and not for the dear people of the state of Maine. Please do not be swayed by her “final” vote against the recent budget bill that is completely harmful to all Mainers in one way or another. Please do see that she was the […]