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As a retired teacher (Thornton Academy, 1975 to 2007, and University of Southern Maine’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, 2010 to 2020), I enjoyed reading about a Sanford teacher – Bill Ferguson – who turned a student on to poetry and changed that student’s life by enriching it (“Maine Voices: Remember the inestimable power of a […]

Point one: Great syndicated political cartoon on Page A6 of the July 28 Press Herald by Kevin Siers. Elon Musk is a pirate for sure. Point two: On the July 28 letter attacking Clay Bennett’s cartoon on Jason Aldean’s song “Try That In A Small Town,” we are just waiting for the response from Snoop […]

Thanks for running Kurt Bardella’s piece from the Los Angeles Times (“Commentary: Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans have a clear stance on Trump’s alleged crimes – they support them,” March 24). We can now safely file the entire Republican Party under the “if it quacks like a duck” section of criminal law. Chris Queally Scarborough

So I woke up earlier this week to learn my favorite cartoon character was a racist? Oh! I see. It was not the character who was a racist, but the guy who created the character who was the racist. That’s so confusing. Time to Sally Forth and have some Peanuts! Chris Queally Scarborough

A little research is, I know, a dangerous thing. But a little research tells us of the demise of at least eight political parties in U.S. history. The first party to die was the once-potent Federalist Party (not to be confused with the Federalist Society), led by luminaries like Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. It […]