Commenting on the horrific explosions in Boston, President Barack Obama insisted Tuesday that “the American people refuse to be terrorized.”
April 2013
Posted inOpinion
Simpson’s speech revealed lack of grasp about many seniors’ lives
Still, Simpson’s group persists in its efforts to replace a bad plan — the COLA — with a worse one — the chained CPI.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Prosecutors should have accepted guilty plea in theater shooting rampage
Prosecutors have rebuffed an offer by James E. Holmes, the accused killer of 12 people in a movie theater rampage in Aurora, Colo., last year, to plead guilty in exchange for a sentence of life in prison.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Legislature to address genetically modified foods
The vast majority of Maine people want to know if the food they eat contains genetically modified organisms.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
SAM name used in ad without permission
Recently, an ad appeared on the Citizens Against Handgun Violence website and also on local television stations featuring George Smith, former executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Copper on Capitol dome could be sold for revenue
According to the March 29 Kennebec Journal, the legislators are proposing to remove the copper sheathing from the dome of the State House.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Enjoyed ‘Spamalot,’ but politics at end had no place
My wife and I went to the Waterville Opera House to see “Spamalot” on April 13.
Posted inLetters to the Editor, Opinion
Guns are made for one reason — to kill
I am a Marine veteran of Vietnam. I was wounded twice. I know, firsthand, what terrible things people can do with guns. I am a gun owner myself, although I have not hunted for many years, and I am a believer in the Second Amendment.
Posted inCommunity
SNAPSHOT: Running in solidarity
Runners and walkers head down the Kennebec Rail Trail in Hallowell Wednesday to show solidarity with people injured in the blasts at the Boston Marathon on Monday. About two dozen people made a trip to Augusta and back.
Posted inNews
Mainer accepts award in Washington for victims advocacy
It took Ruth Moore a quarter-century before she was able to speak openly about how she was sexually assaulted as an 18-year-old Navy enlistee.