President Trump is terribly misinformed regarding tariffs. The reason American industries, factories and other enterprises have moved to foreign countries is due to the fact that labor costs are cheaper in those areas, resulting in lower costs on those products sold here at home. Warren Buffet, a financial wizard, described the implementation of tariffs as […]

All our lives, until January of this year, we have been very proud to be Americans. That has all changed in the last month. How can anyone be proud of a country that: • threatens our former closest friends and allies with tariffs and lack of backing and mocks their leaders. • tries to rewrite and […]

I find it ironic that Rep. Laurel Libby has come under so much pressure for showing the photo of the girls’ state champion in pole vaulting on her Facebook page. Any athlete contending for a state title, in any sport, can expect to see their picture on the pages of any Maine news outlet. It […]

Thursday’s Feb. 27 Press Herald front page featured a photo of state Rep. Elizabeth Caruso, R-Caratunk, announcing a bill she’s sponsoring on school-age transgender athletes. Rep. Caruso, at a podium indicating the location is the State House, is surrounded by minor girls, several apparently under age 10. Debate on this bill rightly belongs as an […]

Gleeful cruelty is the despicable scene being played out as Trump and his minions pursue their DOGE initiative. Their purpose claim of rooting out waste, fraud and abuse is undermined by their indiscriminate and illogical actions: • Providing lifesaving food and medical care to starving children and families around the world is not waste. • […]

I am responding to a recent letter saying that Maine must protect female athletes by banning transgender women from competition. Many trans women are on hormone therapy, which negates some of the biological advantage they may have. Some trans women participate in a sport that they love but where they might not have that much […]