Recently, in applying to renew my membership in the program for expedited border crossings between the USA and Canada, I was informed that “Due to a significant increase in application volume, we are extending the grace period to allow you continued full benefits while U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is finalizing your renewal application.” […]

President Donald Trump’s lust for retribution, and its most recent manifestation in the worldwide tariffs he’s just imposed, shows a willingness to take enormous risks with the nation’s economy. And why not? He won’t suffer one iota personally if things go awry (as they have for a number of his personal financial gambits). He’s got […]

I am furious with Sen. Susan Collins. OK, I’m a Democrat, but still. When will she stand up to harshly criticize the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE? When will Sen. Collins: • denounce the flagrant attacks on free speech; • denounce the erasure of American history for petty and wrong reasons. (Were the Iwo […]

As a concerned Mainer, frightened by the actions of our new president, I believe that the unprecedented and unhinged plans that Donald Trump has undertaken since January will destroy our government and cause extreme hardship for our citizens. Appointing Elon Musk, and so many others who are supremely unqualified for their positions, and eliminating crucial […]

I am appalled by the amount of time and energy being sucked up by the whole transgender teen athlete issue. Let’s start with the facts. Consistently, 1.7% of the babies born in the United States each year have enough physical ambiguity in their bodies to be categorized as intersex. Trying to legislate that there are […]

I don’t see that the Press Herald print edition covered Sen. Cory Booker’s historic, record-breaking filibuster, describing how wrong President Trump’s policies are. When we do not recognize peaceful, nonviolent protests on important subjects, we undermine the people and progress behind them. John Prendergast Camden