A March 12 article (“‘Buy America’ rule killing Maine affordable housing, developers say“) vilified federal Buy America rules for slowing down housing construction projects here in Maine. The solution should not be to do away with Buy America. It should be to use the law as intended, including its waivers.  The Build America Buy America […]

We owe it to our state and our country to defeat Susan Collins this fall, but be wary of the potential costs of doing so.  When a candidate has no legislative history for voters to refer to, we must look at the totality of their character for clues on how they will behave with power.  […]

I deplore the vile creators and distributors of child porn. And I found your Feb. 17 article about the psychology of addiction to be shallow and misleading (“The psychology behind Eliot Cutler’s repeated arrests”). The article cited only  two sources, one of whom implied that a lack of willpower prevents porn addicts from curing themselves. […]

Have Americans had enough yet? Several years ago, I submitted a letter suggesting that America needs to wake up. This administration is successfully dismantling all of the progress that has been made in health care, infrastructure, freedoms, education, our status in the world order and the rule of law. We have a leader who refuses […]

I write to heap praise on Lewiston High School’s MAT Gala on the afternoon of Friday, March 27. MAT stands for Music, Art, Theater. LHS delivered on all three. Live performances included outstanding piano, violin, cello, choir, and what may be the most uproariously hilarious performance ever of the Rapunzel fairy tale. Hallways and classrooms […]

I, too, am anxious to retune the flawed half of Maine’s national voice. However, I realize that we are posting for a senatorial spokesperson, not an internship in government administration. I want to see evidence of abilities and indications of experience suitable for such a crucial position. I don’t want to hear an ipse dixit […]

Since Sen. Edmund Muskie authored the Clean Water Act, no one has done more for Maine’s rivers and lakes than Sen. Susan Collins. I retired after 34 years at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and now work as a consultant in the clean water industry. Over the course of my career, I have personally […]

The current administration says the unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation was justified for a “regime change” and that it had potential nuclear arms capability. Why, then, did President Trump and Pete Hegseth not start with a real regime with real nuclear arms, like North Korea? I’m sure South Korea and Japan would have given […]

In the cacophony of politicians yelling at each other and us about what’s best for our towns, our state, our nation and, sometimes, the Earth I hear one recurring theme that they all share. Growth is good. Could we maybe question that sacred assumption, just a little? I know, I know. It’s considered almost blasphemous […]