This is a response to the June 17 op-ed “Maine’s congressional leaders must step up to stop Trump.” The best way to stop President Donald Trump is for Democrats to take back the U.S. House and Senate in the 2026 election. Democrats lost the 2024 election because they didn’t pay enough attention to working class […]

Years ago, while running an Army newspaper in Vietnam, I saw that we were coming up on our unit’s birthday and I sent a Telex to the Pentagon suggesting that they send a birthday greeting to the troops that we could run in the paper. They agreed and asked me to draft it, which I […]

Many people, myself included, stop listening when they hear a string of large numbers. Despite this, it would be wise if Americans would consider what the “big, beautiful bill” will do to our lives via the national debt. Currently our national debt, at $36.2 trillion, is so large that each American would owe $230,000 if […]

A developer plans to build two three-story apartment buildings — 50 units total — at 1584 Forest Ave., a 1.5-acre piece of property behind Moran’s Market and along Talbot School Road. The project, Belfort Landing, would dramatically affect Belfort Street, a quiet residential cul-de-sac behind the site. To make it work, the developer intends to […]

Where is the outrage? Yes, there have been demonstrations around the country protesting President Trump’s authoritarian moves. But a week after each demonstration, people quiet down and go back to their lives. I am shocked we don’t have even more vocal outrage at what is happening to our democracy. Just today there was a story […]

President Trump blundered into the endless conflict between Israel and Iran, without the consent of Congress, sweeping aside one of the very bulwarks of the U.S. Constitution. He has unleashed weapons of mass destruction in a perilous world, creating an aftermath of violent global instability. I implore Congress to take back the powers that rightfully […]