How has such despicable, mean, unhinged, selfish, untruthful behavior coming from anyone — let alone the head of our country — become OK with so many people? Remember the McCarthy hearings, when something called decency actually mattered?Remember the importance of moral character, when ethical behavior was more expected and respected? When honesty had value? When […]

In his Dec. 21 column, “Janet Mills puts ICE cold ambition on display,” Jim Fossel accuses Gov. Janet Mills, who’s running for Senate, of ambition. Why is ambition a negative only when applied to female candidates? The same edition has a lengthy article about Graham Platner, who, despite zero political experience, is also running for […]

In the Nov. 20 issue, columnist Douglas Rooks asks why, in the face of the recent crisis of funding our health care system, we do not consider fundamental changes (“In shutdown’s wake, a golden opportunity for nationalized health care“). We have the most expensive system in the world, but our health indices are near the […]