Mary Henderson: Vote Gov. Mills, protect health care for Mainers

When Paul LePage was governor, Mainers suffered when he denied them health care. He vetoed Maine’s 90-100% federally funded expansion of MaineCare to 70,000 Mainers and blocked it even after voters approved it by referendum. Before that, he cut 65,000 people off MaineCare entirely (see Portland Press Herald, Dec. 7, 2011). I knew a person […]

Paul Doak: Boyer would offer ‘leadership we need’ as District 87 rep

As a small business owner, David Boyer is well aware of how hard it is to manage inventory and general costs of doing business while also ensuring compliance with government regulations. A principled conservative, he’s long fought for responsible taxation, reducing unnecessary spending and removing burdensome red tape. Careful and judicious, I’ve known David to […]

Michael Graham: Rabasco ‘the right guy at the right time’ for DA post

Ed Rabasco, candidate for district attorney, has integrity and good character. He’s committed to our communities and the people. As an attorney, Ed knows the challenges of the legal system in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties. We can trust him to address our concerns. As our district attorney, he intends to be victim-focused and address […]

Austin Bay: Robot War: Drone versus drone over Ukraine

The Russia-Ukraine war has witnessed a noteworthy combat first: Russian and Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) dueling in the skies.

Cal Thomas: Biden’s cynical new border policy

President Biden’s cynical response to the border crisis by ordering out single male Venezuelans will not stop migrants coming from 40 other countries.

Froma Harrop: The Russian Fatherland is losing the fathers

Even before its invasion of Ukraine, Russia was facing a collapse in population as fertility rates cratered. Among Vladimir Putin’s delusions was the belief that his government could encourage more births and at the same time send potential fathers to the frontlines as cannon fodder.

Leonard Pitts Jr.: If Republicans couldn’t cheat, they couldn’t win

My only object here is to express the exhausted frustration one feels as an African American with people constantly asking you to “prove” racism to them — like it’s some UFO hoax, like you’re an unreliable witness to your own experience, like you don’t know what you know, haven’t seen what you’ve seen or lived what you’ve lived. It’s a recurring theme. Someone always seems ready to inform us that what seems terrible, really isn’t.

Editorial cartoon for Sunday, Oct. 23

Matthew Mower: Charter commission erred in shuttering Harpswell school

Earlier this month, despite an overwhelming response from families in support of keeping it open, the Maine Charter School Commission decided to shut Harpswell Coastal Academy down. Come to find out two of three members voting to shut it down were former legislators — Victoria Kornfield and James Handy, the latter from Lewiston — who […]

Susan Martin: GOP platform threatens communities’ control of public schools

I hope people review the Maine Republican Party platform before voting. It threatens long-accepted traditions in Maine public schools. Two areas are of special concern. First is local control of curriculum. Maine schools have long provided abuse prevention programs and education about the human body. The GOP platform “prohibits school district personnel, volunteers, or hired […]