I am appalled by the amount of time and energy being sucked up by the whole transgender teen athlete issue. Let’s start with the facts. Consistently, 1.7% of the babies born in the United States each year have enough physical ambiguity in their bodies to be categorized as intersex. Trying to legislate that there are […]

I don’t see that the Press Herald print edition covered Sen. Cory Booker’s historic, record-breaking filibuster, describing how wrong President Trump’s policies are. When we do not recognize peaceful, nonviolent protests on important subjects, we undermine the people and progress behind them. John Prendergast Camden

As a retiree of the U.S. Postal Service, I cannot be still anymore. Those who join the present president in denigrating the ability of the USPS to deliver the mail, all the while adding to the problem, really frustrate me. The administration’s attitude continues to make the problem worse. President Trump’s solution — to privatize […]

Last month, I traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for something that is very near to my heart: the fight against cancer. We all know someone who has been affected by cancer. Maybe it’s a grandmother, or a co-worker, or a beloved friend. For me, it’s my own cancer diagnosis. And I’m fortune enough to […]

I’ve spent much of my adult life failing to understand how the parliamentary systems work, but as I watch the dismantling of our country’s constitutional republic, I’m prepared to embrace such concepts as no-confidence votes, a prime minister and snap elections. In fact, I would heartily welcome New England’s admission as the 11th province of […]

Recently, in Portland, we see the landscape and skyline growing with shiny, spendy buildings like The Roux Institute, WEX’s new corporate headquarters and the new buildings at USM on Bedford Street. But one might take a moment, while passing by, and consider what’s missing from these massive, modern projects: any significant integration of solar photovoltaic […]

Some suggestions for a stately response from Gov. Mills. How about a quarter-throated apology? Or a third-throated? No way should Mills give Donald Trump a full-throated apology. For what? “See you in court”? The dreaded “court” where he’s been declared a felon? I got a quarter-throated possibility: “Sorry — didn’t realize the C word would […]

I’ve been writing letters in my head about Trump’s slash-and-burn cuts, assisted by an obscenely rich man who wasn’t elected by anyone. I’ve torn them up because I feel so defeated. We “little people,” especially in Maine, have no influence on this administration. Are any of the states’ representatives working together to reverse his most […]