Kudos to Emily Duggan, the Maine Sunday Telegram and the Kennebec Journal for their exemplary investigative report (Nov. 23) on the parents’ rights movement and the intrusion of outside voices and money into the very fabric of life in Maine. That forces from outside Maine can try to influence local school board elections, encourage disruption […]

It’s good to read of private enterprises stepping into the shoes of the federal government. As much as the left enjoys vilifying capitalism and the “greedy rich,” these are the people and organizations who are stepping up to supply food banks with the needed resources to counteract the missing SNAP monies. Look at individuals, such as Michael Dell, who are donating billions of dollars to encourage our young […]

As someone who has spent many years as a hospital administrator, I know how essential nurses are to every part of our health care system. I am also grateful for the federal programs that supported my own graduate education and allowed me to enter the field of health care leadership. That support mattered, and today’s […]

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 […]