If God is actually “God” — absolute, almighty, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent — how is it even remotely possible that this Being could in any way be “insulted” by anything a mere human being could say or do?

The Cairo embassy issued a statement apologizing for a video’s attack on Muhammad. Embassy officials knew that the average Egyptian in the street was unhappy. Imagine how fundamentalist Christians in Birmingham or Roanoke would react should Muslims make an attack on Jesus.

I urge the voters of Kennebec and Somerset counties to vote for Maeghan Maloney, Democratic candidate for district attorney.

Many years ago, our oldest son told my husband and me he was gay.

The clean-coal lobby has responded to my Sept. 1 letter about clean-coal technology.

Whereas Sept. 11 is a solemn day of remembrance in America, it is a day of celebration in many countries.

An article in the current New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM 2012;367: 1025-34) reported the results of Medicaid expansion on health and mortality in three states, including Maine.

I’m 81. At 19, with the Korean War unfinished, I joined the Marine Corps for a three-year hitch. “Semper Fi” (“Always Faithful”) courses in my veins.

I was impressed with his skills as governor and with his early promise to withdraw from the Senate race to prevent another candidate winning with a minority of votes, now much less of a concern given his lead.

We fight their wars, we rebuild their countries after a war, feed their hungry.