Graham Platner sparks. Susan Collins steadies. But neither is starting the open, urgent conversation older Mainers deserve.
Scott Paida
Time to double down on the transition to renewable energy | Opinion
We’re all participating in a race that will determine the fate of our children.
It’s time for America to wake up | Letter
We need to stand up for our democracy. We are watching it be destroyed. SCOTUS gave the president permission to do whatever he wants, so he tries to take freedom of speech from anyone who disagrees with him, and tries to turn our own military against us. We are against violence. Hunters may need rifles […]
Question 2 is Maine’s opportunity to save lives | Letter
A few years ago, a dear friend suffering from depression and alcohol addiction committed suicide with a firearm. A recent report by the Maine Monitor found gun suicides by older adults in Maine and across the country are increasing. This tragic trend, especially in rural communities, is thought to be due to high rates of […]
Vote for Question 1 to preserve free and honest elections in Maine | Letter
On Nov. 11, 2025, I hope to quietly celebrate my 101st birthday. I walk with difficulty, have degenerative arthritis, a fractured spine and partial vision in my right eye. I am a WWII U.S. Navy veteran of the Pacific Ocean war against the Japanese Empire. My ship landed 800 U.S. Marines of the Sixth Division […]
Question 1 is bad for democracy, bad for Maine | Letter
The originators of referendum Question 1 (pertaining to absentee voting and a voter ID requirement) have many pernicious goals, foremost, under the cynical guise of voting security, the hidden but obvious attempt to tip results to the right. We should know of one effect of Question 1 that is not commonly mentioned. The Legislature’s roll-out […]
How do you solve a problem like the IRS? | Opinion
My recent experience with the dramatically slimmed-down agency has been deeply discouraging.
I was executive director of the Lewiston Commission. Here’s why I’m voting ‘Yes’ on Question 2. | Opinion
Maine’s yellow flag law was a bold experiment — an experiment that failed.
In Maine as elsewhere, cancer is no longer an old person’s disease | Opinion
The cancer story is changing. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to end in despair.
Maine’s 1940s curriculum is failing students | Opinion
It’s time to stop distributing boring material with off-putting, wooden writing. The next generation of readers depends on it.