I want to thank Sen. Susan Collins for taking a principled stand and siding with the Trump administration on the issue of Title IX. The ongoing conflict between how the Mills administration and the federal government interpret Title IX must be resolved. I strongly agree with the federal government’s position: biological males should not compete […]

As a former library assistant for 16 years at the Falmouth Memorial Library, I am well aware of the basic importance of a library. What I experienced in my years as library support staff, as well as in my own life, goes well beyond the value of the books one checks out. Libraries are lifelines […]

Congratulations, Republicans and others who voted for Trump. We now officially live under a dictator. Trump kidnapped people off our streets, with no due process (just take Trump’s word that they’re bad guys!), and shipped them to a foreign dungeon. And now, he has openly defied the Supreme Court on live TV by declaring that […]

It was Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s drawn face, her saying “I’m afraid,” that hit me most viscerally, more even than the accumulating political shocks and utter disregard for law seen in the last few months. Does the hollow media creature currently occupying the White House actually have a goon squad he can dispatch to physically harm […]

One of the pillars of our democracy is the Fifth Amendment. It reads as follows: “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in […]

The SAVE Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act) passed in Congress on April 10, 2025, thanks to Rep. Jared Golden and three other Democrats. Does Jared understand the burden this puts on married women who’ve changed their name? Does Jared realize that 48% of Mainers do not hold passports (an accepted method of proving citizenship)? […]

While reading “Let’s help Maine’s Death with Dignity Act live up to its name” (April 9), I couldn’t help but mentally review if there are any passages where the Word of God gives us the option to murder ourselves in order to avoid the suffering of the end-of-life stages. Nope, I say the Bible will […]

Gov. Janet Mills should be commended for the courage she is displaying in defending the rule of law in Maine and not allowing President Trump’s threats to weaken our laws. These are challenging times. It is impossible to know to what extent the Trump administration will continue threatening Maine institutions, what actions it will take […]