On Oct. 1, 2024, Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the situation in Palestine, included the following in her report on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories: “Since its establishment, Israel has treated the occupied people as a hated encumbrance and threat to be eradicated, subjecting millions of Palestinians, for generations, […]

As the Congress ponders the budget bill for the next year, I am writing to encourage the Maine congressional delegation, and particularly Sen. Susan Collins, as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to do everything in their power to protect the clean energy tax credits contained in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. These tax […]

Why does our senator continue as a Republican? The House has sent her a bill that cuts $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion from Medicaid, food stamps and even Medicare (not to mention renewing the 2017 TCJA tax cuts, resulting in CBO’s nonpartisan $3.8 trillion of net deficits) along with abrogating the ability of the judiciary […]

How much longer will the genocide in Palestine go on? Both Gaza and now the West Bank are under relentless attack. In Gaza, starving people are being shot by Israeli forces as they try to get the scraps of food that is being allowed to trickle in by Tel Aviv. Every day on social media […]

Anyone who has ever dreamt of being the one on the playground who stepped in to help a bullied child — the one who had the courage to stand up against a clear wrong — needs to show that courage now. Just as Maine Sen. Margaret Chase Smith did in her “Declaration of Conscience” 75 […]

I understand the motivation behind the postcard campaign, but I think it’s long past time for “Susan Collins to declare her conscience” (Opinion, May 27). I’m sure I’m not alone in having contacted Sen. Collins with that message years ago, to no avail. Since Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has confessed that “We are all afraid […]

I was more than disappointed by Steve Collins’ appraisal of Sen. Susan Collins’ actions/inactions during the Trump era (“Like it or not, Susan Collins and Jared Golden have Mainers’ respect,” May 31). He has confused her oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution and civic duty with mere politics. There is no “middle ground” in deciding […]

I miss teaching middle schoolers. They arrived with useful future ideas. They also arrived with cliches and an openness to finding a bosom buddy; meanness and unchecked kindness; sloppy habits and meticulous order; cheating and almost severe honesty; and cruel, dismissive name calling. I once walked into class as they were making fun of a […]