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EDITORIALS
Vaccine rollout at Maine prisons and jails is overdue
“Jails and prisons have accounted for some of the largest outbreaks in Maine in recent months, including one that infected 67 at the Cumberland County Jail in April,” writes the BDN Editorial Board.
CONTRIBUTORS
DANBY INK. CARTOONS
An honest woman
Diogenes and Liz Cheney.
Class of 2021
Welcome to the class of 2021.
Mask hesitant
Between COVID-19, flu season and hay fever, wearing a mask year round might be a good idea.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
At least 123 people were shot dead over 72 hours. That’s not unusual.
“Anything involving common sense and firearms seems to be beyond the reach of a government too beholden to Second Amendment hard-liners,” Scott Martelle writes.
The Trump Ponzi scheme: Will his investors get out in time?
“Cheney isn’t fooled. Are you? Get out now if you’ve invested in Trump. Save your ethical capital and self-respect. You’ve been bilked,” Todd R. Nelson writes.
Defense budget needed now to avoid a government shutdown
Actions have consequences. So do inactions.
Trump looms large as Paul LePage considers a comeback
“After Trump, how many Mainers would want to go back to all that science denial, insults and associated drama?” Amy Fried writes.
Susan Collins and Angus King can make voting bill better and bipartisan
We cannot fix our government without restoring faith in elections. And we cannot restore faith in elections without making this a bipartisan effort.
Senate passage of the Equality Act necessary to extend civil rights to all
Doug Kimmel of Hancock is a retired psychologist, co-founder of the national SAGE organization, and professor emeritus of The City College of New York. A few years ago, I helped organize SAGE Maine, an affiliate organization focused on providing services and advocacy for older gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) elders. We began an on-going […]
If the US is going to tackle infrastructure, let’s start with shipyards
For the sake of our national defense, there is one area of actual infrastructure which warrants attention now: U.S. Navy shipyards.
Russia’s bluster and lying isn’t helping its fight against COVID-19
Somewhere in the bowels of the Russian Ministry of Health until recently was a tormented bureaucrat who had to keep the daily COVID-19 death toll below 400.
Falling space debris
Nearly 9.000 tons of old satellites, rocket bodies, fragments and particles are circling Earth.
Monday, May 10, 2021: Speaking the truth, end coyote persecution, intelligent leadership
Here’s what BDN readers are talking about.
What the heck is going on with some of these license plates?
“We also think that, even with our guard up, there are ways to remove at least some plainly obscene curse words and references from Maine vanity license plates without relying on broad, subjective review from the government,” the BDN Editorial Board writes.
Funding needed to improve access to health care in Maine
“I urge the state Legislature to pass this bill to help ensure that Mainers have access to affordable quality health care,” David L. Levy writes.
Once-in-a-generation infrastructure investment is needed
“If our leaders fail to deliver the kind of generational change we voted for, things will only get worse,” Richard Trumka writes.
Liz Cheney is the last GOP leader still standing tall
“Liz Cheney, a woman of average height, stands head and shoulders above her GOP leadership colleagues in a Capitol where RISOs — Republicans In Shame Only — run amok,” Martin Schram writes.
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