Sen. Susan Collins has been in the U.S. Senate for 28 years and yet she does not have enough respect in the chamber to convince just three other senators to vote against the most patently destructive budget bill in the history of our country? It is time for her to graciously retire. And yes, this […]

Like Arnie MacDonald (“I’m celebrating the miracle that is my transgender daughter,” Opinion, June 29), I am a parent, lawyer, former community leader and spouse of a teacher. In 2016, I wrote a column supporting inclusion and accommodation of transgender students. I believe, as Attorney MacDonald does, that “public policies should be grounded in dignity, […]

I thank Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King for voting against the Big, Stupid Bill. Frank O’Hara Hallowell

Israel’s assault on Gaza proceeds unabated, and upward of 2 million Gaza citizens are experiencing severe food and medicine deprivation, with hundreds of thousands, including children, now fully starving. The U.S. and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has taken over distribution of food and medicine but, in close collaboration with the Israeli government and the […]

Hats off to the Maine Sunday Telegram for its excellent coverage of the massive, nationwide June 14 protests. The national media, both print and televised, really dropped the ball. They seriously underreported the protests. Are they afraid of offending President Trump? The focus on L.A. was misplaced. The more important story was that millions of […]

For months, I watched with growing horror as threats to our democracy multiplied. Was our country truly unraveling, heading toward fear, ignorance, nastiness and depleted resources? Were we on the brink of an America unrecognizable from the democracy I’d always lived in and, frankly, taken for granted? I admired the resistance: politicians, journalists, historians, lawyers. […]

Elaine Kahaner’s June 15 letter, “Remember who the real enemy in Gaza is,” would have us forget the history of Israel’s foundation. A recent quote that appeared in the comments section of Paul Krugman’s June 26 Substack post, “Mamdani and the Moguls of Madness,” seems an appropriate response to what the letter had to say. […]

Fear of immigrants was the central policy that won the presidential election for Donald Trump. According to Trump and Stephen Miller, immigrants are criminals who are stealing our wealth, our jobs and our economic security. With the budget reconciliation bill, that fear is coming true. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, posted […]