I’ve often heard it said that people who deplore President Trump — as regards both his personal and political life, and persist in calling him out on it — are afflicted with something called “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” But as I see it, his supporters are the ones stricken with it.  How else to account for the […]

I’ve shopped at Hannaford stores for decades, always pleased particularly with their produce departments and especially with their competent and cheerful personnel. It has puzzled me to see protests about Hannaford, relating to free-range eggs (which I don’t purchase, but could if I wanted to. They’re always available at my Yarmouth Hannaford.) Seems odd to […]

Jan. 6, 2026, marked the fifth anniversary of the attempted overthrow of our free electoral process by means of a planned insurrection in the nation’s capital. That event, along with Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 11, 2001, marked events that should and do live in the collective memory of all Americans because of their impact, […]

Regarding the Jan. 5 article “Maine is one of the least religious states in the country,” I once met a woman who decades ago was searching for a church to join after arriving in Maine with her husband.   The church this couple decided upon was a very small one, fading quietly into oblivion. This, they decided, […]

Way to compound your transgressions! In a recent letter to the editor, a reader reasonably called out the paper for excessive, slanted coverage favoring Graham Platner and a lack of attention to other Senate candidates like Gov. Janet Mills. And, the editors undermine the message by running the letter under a large photo of (only) […]

The recent exposure of the corruption in Minnesota by immigrants from Somalia has shown how a feckless media, in league with corrupt politicians, can result in the bilking of billions of taxpayer dollars. In Maine, a similar situation exists. It is important to our country for the media to shed their political bias and exert […]

I don’t think we should so much be focusing on how evil Nicolás Maduro is/was as much as we should be looking at the precedent President Trump’s action in Venezuela sets.   Given the administration’s reasoning, what is now to stop China from invading Taiwan? Taiwan is a heck of a lot closer to China than […]