Norman Abelson News Today

In the article, “Food aid reaches Darfur, but hunger remains,” (April 6, Press Herald) the Associated Press reports the following on Sudan: • 5 million face starvation • Some 222,000 children could die of starvation in coming months • U.N. appeals for $2.7 billion is only 5% funded • 10,000 to 15,000 already killed by […]

I am very pleased that the Press Herald and its sister publications will continue to keep me and my fellow Mainers informed under its new ownership. I was also happy that your many fine reporters will stay on the job. As a onetime reporter and longtime letter writer and opinion columnist, I am well aware […]

I’m about to be 92. A rise in ageism, or whatever you want to call it, has been bugging me for a long time.

I’m about to be 92. A rise in ageism, or whatever you want to call it, has been bugging me for a long time.

Building the capacity for dialogue requires mutual respect, care, a deep sense of curiosity and the courage to speak up and to learn from others. We need more of all of these qualities.

We are increasingly incapable of respecting the right to disagree. That has grave consequences for democracy.

We are increasingly incapable of respecting the right to disagree. That has grave consequences for democracy.

Coverage of a recent shakeup on the list of the world’s wealthiest doesn’t reflect what’s really important.

Abortion is overturned, and Sen. Susan Collins, Maine's most famous tight-rope walker, is back on the high wire, singing her favorite kind of song: It

Over 50 years ago, as a U.S. Senate press secretary for a Democrat, I had warm ties with my Republican peers. Is it too late to return to those days?