Ignorance is a choice. Stupidity is not, although the former could very well foment the latter. In these recent times now before us, this is a ponderance that begs loudly to considerable consideration. Long live our nation under constitutional government, the rule of law and equal justice under the law. As the line goes in […]

So President Donald Trump, who thinks that no law applies to him, wants Gov. Mills to apologize for saying she will follow the law. That says it all. Judith Dorsey Gardiner

Canadians are our friends; they have always been. We love them. I am so sad that they are not coming to Maine, and specifically Old Orchard Beach, because of President Trump’s tariffs. In Maine, Kamala Harris carried the state. If our nation had gone the way of the grand state of Maine, Kamala Harris would […]

A few weeks ago, when Gov. Janet Mills told President Donald Trump she would “see him in court,” it was a proud day to be a Mainer. In retaliation for our governor’s courageous words of defiance, the Trump administration sicced multiple federal agencies on Maine to withdraw, or threaten to withdraw, millions of dollars in […]

State policymakers are considering cutting child care funding — a mistake that could harm our children, economy and future. I urge them to maintain this critical support and ask the public to advocate against these cuts. Child care facilities suffered financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to closures and staffing shortages. State funding helped stabilize […]

I recall the day-to-day updates the media treated us to concerning Hillary Clinton’s emails. The media clutched their collective pearls and nearly fainted in spasms of righteous indignation. I couldn’t help but notice last week that the Trump administration’s accidental sharing of sensitive war plans with a magazine editor garnered just a few paragraphs on […]

Gov. Janet Mills has consistently stood up for the rights of Maine’s transgender students in the face of the White House’s executive order banning transgender women from women’s sports. After being confronted, and threatened, on the issue in person by President Trump at a National Governors Association meeting recently, Mills told him that she would […]

On March 9, the Maine Sunday Telegram published a piece about the price Maine will pay for Trump 2.0. And for what? There are no swarms of immigrants coming across the Canadian border, nearly unmeasurable amounts of drugs. Surely it’s not about the budget with $2 trillion of tax cuts on offer for the wealthiest. […]