One of the greatest things about living in the United States of America has been the freedom to speak one’s mind without fear of being abducted, detained or otherwise treated as a security threat by government agents.  In Italy, the most skilled amateur athletes, from all over the world, have gathered to compete. Many of […]

I’m a former commercial fisherman, executive director of the Biddeford+Saco Chamber of Commerce+Industry and director of transportation for Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach Transit. In 2024, I ran for state Senate as an independent and committed to running a positive issue-based campaign. Unfortunately, a Republican PAC chose a different tactic and hijacked my campaign material […]

I’d like to thank Abbey Hamilton (“MAGA is antithetical to the teachings of Christ,” Feb. 5) for articulating so clearly what many of us feel about the rise of Christian nationalism and its wrongful and damaging portrayal of the principles of Christianity. That such a young person sees deeply into the meaning and significance of […]

The outcry against Donald Trump’s recent racist post of the Obamas was fitting, but what strikes me more is that the post is consistent with this administration’s policies and his history, and a deafening, similar outcry should greet his actions in this policy area — and many more policy areas. A few examples in the […]

Climate concerns me greatly yet it appears to have been put on the back burner. We still have global warming. I know because I am a gardener. Each year produces new challenges for me: what to plant, when to plant and how to gain enough water to keep plants alive. LD 2037 supports the Regional […]

In response to David Hyde’s Jan. 27 letter, “Just who is Stephen Miller?,” I hope to add to his offerings of Stephen Miller’s motives of perhaps hate? Governing by fear? Need for power? So here’s my take: follow the money.  What America has learned from war is that it makes a lot of rich people richer, i.e., […]

Benjamin Franklin wrote: “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” In Europe, government ministers are losing their jobs because of the Epstein files … but American leaders get a free pass? As the father of two girls, and the grandfather to two more, I am […]