Taylor West’s Maine Sunday Telegram op-ed about present-day politics (Jan. 18) clarified my thoughts about electing Graham Platner to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate. Some 20 years ago, Platner was unaware of the validity of military women’s concerns of sexism and maltreatment, until he gained increased awareness of the disrespect and abuse many women experience.  […]

All our political leaders and candidates are angry, but none are offering any solutions. It’s embarrassing and discouraging to think that the future of our country is in the hands of a bunch of partisan hacks who gain their votes by spewing vitriolic rhetoric and sowing division at every possible opportunity, all for political gain. […]

Born and raised in Denmark, a socioeconomic and politically stable environment, I never anticipated the wild ride we are experiencing today. A lot of people still do not fully understand just how deranged U.S. President Donald Trump is, and why he is even more dangerous and unpredictable today than he has ever been. Looking at […]

On Jan. 24, I received a letter from a friend in Minneapolis, part of which I would like to share — because it is really a message for all of us here in Maine. He wrote: “Hearing that ICE was surging into Maine in the ridiculously named Operation Catch of the Day, I felt a […]

What is the “Home of the Brave” so afraid of? Any nation that borrows trillions of dollars to build weapons of war fears something or someone. Certainly with the USA’s stockpile of nuclear weapons, no other country would be brazen enough to “invade” the USA. No other nation would want to occupy a nation that loses […]

America was a great country, created by hard work, innovation and, yes, sacrifice. Sacrifice in the hopes of a better life, a better world for our children and their children. Sacrifice was the cornerstone of the so-called “greatest generation.” But what are we doing now? Putting our collective heads in the sand, selfishly piling up […]

Could you please ask your readers to help locate some missing people? We seem to be missing the “Don’t Tread On Me” and Tea Party people — right when we need them most. I’ve looked and looked but find no sign of them during this time of violent governmental overreach. I figured there would be yellow […]