This is in response to the June 8 letter “Fund Maine’s schools and support its future.” I do uphold all the highlights that the writer underlines in that article. However, the outcry from different sources relating to the “increasing cost” of education has its own truths. The reality is that the cost of grade K-12 […]

I write to comment on the May 14 letter in which a freshman student-athlete responded to action taken by Maine District 90 Rep. Laurel D. Libby (“Rep. Libby’s rhetoric spoils high school running“). It is the responsibility of every adult to assist, whenever possible, any child or youth. It is certainly the further obligation to […]

Desperate Palestinian civilians in Gaza, themselves hostage to Hamas, sabotage attempts to deliver supplies to them by looting and attacking distribution centers. Hamas hijacks supply trucks to steal humanitarian aid and sell it to starving and suffering Gazans at unreasonable prices. Meanwhile, Israel stops aid deliveries to inspect them for smuggled armaments. Neighboring Arab nations […]

Music, dance and theater come down to human beings using mind, body, heart and brain to create. There’s no AI, no digital screen visual tricks, just, in the case of Maine State Music Theatre, amazingly talented cast members. This summer’s first offering, “Anastasia,” tells the story of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the […]

In this LGBTQ Pride Month, I’m coming out as a proud father. Thirty-five years ago, during his last semester in a “church-related” college, our son came home to share that he was gay. We had loved his girlfriend, so I was surprised, but I was not shocked. My first thought was that he’s the person […]

Proposed federal cuts to health care and clean air programs, in the Congress’ reconciliation bill, are unacceptable. As a retired scientist and engineer at the Maine Bureau of Air Quality, I know the critical importance of clean air programs and quality and affordable health care coverage. The bill, as it is written now, will cut […]