As a lifelong Republican, I must write this letter to express my embarrassment in Charles Webster, our Republican Party state chairman, and the uproar his caucus organization has caused. Webster, by his magic wand, made the statewide caucus vote official before all the votes were reported, including Washington County and parts of Waldo County. He […]

The Maine Legislature has before it a bill titled, “An Act to Prepare Maine People for the Future Economy,” L.D. 1422. Its goals are praiseworthy, but it mandates that schools use an essentially unproven method of instruction called standards-based education, aka RISC or customized learning. It sets aside traditional methods of instruction that have been […]

The Republican primaries have shown an appalling display of contempt for the separation of church and state. The conservatives have fallen over each other, demonstrating their fervent preference for religious myth over democracy. I see religious conservatives as the American Taliban: ready and anxious to stuff their religion down our throats. Ready to cause murderous […]

I’m writing in reply to Stan Davis (Maine Compass, Feb. 14) about marriage for gay and lesbian couples (“In pondering marriage equality, consider what is best for child”). I’m 15 years old and attend Messalonskee High School. I am volunteering to make marriage legal for same-sex couples. There are people who worry that this will […]