Rich Lowry: Daniel Penny wasn’t a vigilante

What progressives are doing is taking praise for someone who stepped up in a difficult circumstance and twisting it into something perverse, dangerous and racist.

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, May 21

David Bouffard: Maine should be haven for embracing life, not promoting death

LD 1619, An Act to Improve Maine’s Reproductive Privacy Laws, “… removes the criminal penalties for performing an abortion …” and is bad public policy that ought not to pass. When society doesn’t value life from conception, it also doesn’t value life once it’s born. After all, what’s the difference between a baby living in […]

Bob Neal: The Countryman: More than just a building with a bell

A lot more dies when a church closes than just a house in which a few people pray every week.

Joseph Mailey: Lisbon schools should keep Beaulé on board

I’ve remained silent about the ongoing budget dispute between the Lisbon Educational Association and the Lisbon School Committee and superintendent. However, the recent termination of Rick Beaulé, who was not only a teacher, but also the LEA president, compelled me to write this letter. While the facts of Rick’s dismissal are being kept under wraps, […]

Jim Lysen: State needs more compassionate drug policies

Maine needs compassionate drug policies. We have allowed unjust and discriminatory drug policies to harm people for generations. We must remove criminal penalties for low-level drug use and possession and adopt a public health approach to substance use disorder. This in turn would help people who use drugs — and their families — obtain and […]

Clarence Page: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s ‘holistic’ ideas got him elected. Can they be enacted?

Johnson’s victory marks a big win against what he calls the “false choice” of “lock ’em up” versus a “holistic” approach to crime-fighting. For him, the holistic approach has won. Now we’ll see how he does in the minefields of the City Council to get his reforms funded.

Froma Harrop: Donald Trump is not our type, believe me

The Trump rally promoted by CNN (but paraded as a “town hall”) included the inevitable references to the former president’s piggish remarks about women.

Veronica Raussin: Veterans struggling with addiction need our support

Many veterans struggle with substance use disorders. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, over 3.9 million veterans have a substance use disorder or mental illness. Substance use disorders significantly increase suicidality among veterans ages 18 and older. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors are common among veterans ages 18 to 49.

Editorial cartoon for Saturday, May 20