Al Fereshetian: Choose life, reject Maine abortion bill

We are living in a culture of death. Teen suicides are at all-time highs, and thousands are dying from drug overdoses. Birth and fertility rates across the nation are at all-time lows. We have an aging population, and many younger people choosing to start families later in life or not at all. What kind of […]

Scott Harriman: MaineCare access bill deserves support

I support of LD 199, “An Act to Improve the Health of Maine Residents by Removing Exclusions to the MaineCare Program.” This bill would ensure that all Mainers can access MaineCare regardless of their citizenship status. I speak as someone who has benefited personally from expanded MaineCare coverage. Before I qualified for MaineCare I was […]

Siiri Cressey: ‘Humans need shelter’

Housing costs too much here in Lewiston. I don’t really know why. I know a couple who are losing their home because of increased rent. I’ve seen someone crying on the sidewalk because they can’t afford rent anymore and will likely become homeless again. I know a couple who sleep in a tent in the […]

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Ethics in high places

Our public servants need to deserve our trust. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey do not. Both should resign.

Laura Fralich: A response to the burning of a pride flag in New Gloucester

The statement from our town government condemning the recent hate crime was empty optics if it is not coupled with continued action and meaningful change.

Editorial cartoon for Saturday, April 15

Froma Harrop: Free speech needs muscle

When hecklers prevented an invited speaker from addressing an audience at Stanford’s law school, what could have been a peaceful protest turned into an act of verbal violence. It’s easier to stop people from crossing these boundaries when you’ve established boundaries.

Editorial cartoon for Friday, April 14

George Fogg: Citizens’ taxes pay for ‘horrendous’ government agency errors

The news has a great example of government stupidity and waste. We have a multi-million dollar agency in Washington called the Environmental Protection Agency that is supposed to watch out for and protect us from products that are harmful to our health and lives before being affected, not after. On March 29 the state of […]

Robert Brundage: Anti-abortionists should put love, money alongside convictions

To those who are anti-abortion, I have one question: where is the money coming from to raise these unwanted children? And how many anti-abortion people are willing to adopt and raise these children to adulthood? Can those people imagine what it would have been like for them if their parents hadn’t wanted them? I for […]