Should Sen. Susan Collins consider her career in jeopardy having voted against the big beautiful (disaster) bill? She is only partly in the camp of senators who have abdicated their roles and displayed obscene fealty while ignoring their constituents. They simply are not doing their jobs. The slashed funds had already been approved by a […]

I am most concerned about how the expected Medicaid cuts, recently enacted by Congress, will affect Maine’s most vulnerable adults. For many years, I served as an attorney for the Adult Protective Services Division of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services in Cumberland and York counties. I helped the department prosecute cases for […]

As a former state representative here in Maine, I’ve had the privilege of connecting with many of the most vulnerable citizens in our community and listening to their concerns about the future for both them and our country. For our seniors, as well as those struggling with chronic illnesses, obtaining and maintaining access to affordable […]

In the coming months, Congress will be negotiating FY26 appropriations bills, determining what portion of our tax dollars go to programs for national defense and, what is often mistakenly seen as its antithesis, immigration and humanitarian aid. Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins, as chair of the Appropriations Committee, has made it clear that she will have […]

Robert B. Charles’ op-ed in the Aug. 10 Maine Sunday Telegram (“Cancellation by defamation will not work in Maine“) didn’t strike me as kind. Its tone put me off — from the opening unsubstantiated claim that Mr. Charles is “the GOP’s best chance to be Maine’s next governor” to the closing veiled threat that he’ll […]