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Letters to the Editor
  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    Maloney has rare combination of attributes

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

  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    Romney response to violence a ‘pants on fire’ lie

    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.

  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    God not ‘insulted’ by human beings’ actions

    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?

  • Published
    September 22, 2012

    Marriage is about love, sharing, commitment

    As a 61-year-old married man, a father and grandfather, I must speak out on the issue of same-sex marriage.

  • Published
    September 21, 2012

    If Doonesbury poked fun at Islam, just imagine …

    The Sept. 16 Doonesbury cartoon strip by Gary Trudeau could not have been printed at a better time. This strip pokes fun (if that is possible) at strongly held religious beliefs and at the political leaning of a certain southern state.

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  • Published
    September 21, 2012

    Attack on our soil reason to vote against Obama

    After 11 years, they were finally successful with another significant attack on our soil, and we lost our ambassador to Libya as well. The next few days will determine what we will do as a nation for the next several years in the foreign policy realm.

  • Published
    September 21, 2012

    Bechard will be released; Dechaine still in prison

    I cannot believe that Mark Bechard is going to be released from the grounds of Riverview.

  • Published
    September 21, 2012

    Checkmate: We will reap what we vote

    Without doubt -- men of willful ignorance are the steadfast allies for men of great wealth, power and privilege.

  • Published
    September 21, 2012

    Obama has been a failure and needs to go

    Election Day is coming soon. America was promised hope and change by President Barack Obama, and he surely has kept his word.

  • Published
    September 21, 2012

    Birth announcement gives hope for future equality

    On Sept. 14, I found something among the birth announcements that I'd waited a long time to see: Lexie Ann-Mari Whitmore, born on Aug. 30 to Ashlie Whitmore and Eric Fitzpatrick, has her mother's last name.