After a boat capsized on Hermon Pond recently, a man and a child were successfully rescued by first responders. Fortunately, both were wearing life jackets, which made all the difference. Whether we’re on a large lake or a quiet pond, accidents can happen in an instant. Wearing a life jacket is one of the simplest, […]

Opponents of voter ID like to argue that there isn’t enough evidence to indicate that a few unqualified votes could not possibly affect the outcome of an election in Maine. Did people know that last November some races were decided by only a handful of votes, and that there was a high number of recounts […]

The title of Referendum Question 1, “Voter ID,” is misleading. It is much more than that. The biggest injustice is the restrictions on absentee ballots, especially “prohibit requests for absentee ballots by phone or by family members.” How else can a homebound person get an absentee ballot? In November 2020, I watched a dear friend […]

I want to thank Sen. Susan Collins for her leadership during recent debates over cancelling international assistance funding. Sen. Collins demonstrated real leadership by holding substantive hearings on international assistance funding, consistently voting against harmful cuts, and providing a platform for bipartisan voices to defend programs like the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), […]

My father lived in Maine his whole life. He loved to hunt and fish, and he owned several firearms. Being a responsible individual, he knew how to maintain and keep them safe from others. Ironically, our family lived near Lewiston, where the 2023 mass shooting occurred. My dad would have been horrified — not only […]

I ask: When we look into the eyes of a Palestinian child begging for food, do we not see the eyes of our own children? Or do we stop ourselves from believing our eyes and decide that that Palestinian child is somehow not a valid human being who is entitled to food? In George Orwell’s […]