I find it interesting that many of the people who want to limit the number of people who vote (i.e., upcoming Maine voter ID referendum) also want to increase the number of people detained and deported. The word “arrested” would be inappropriate; that would require a warrant and due process. Maybe kidnapping is closer to […]

There are two wars being fought with American interests at heart. The war in Gaza has killed over 80,000 people using American weapons and with American presidential approval. It should be noted that the Palestinians have never been a threat to the U.S. On the other hand, our security and that of Europe depend on […]

Sen. Susan Collins’ failure to condemn the militarization of the Washington, D.C., police force conflicts with even the most fundamental tenets of her legal training. Simply put, soldiers are not cops and cops are not soldiers. Fascism or democracy? She should choose a side or perhaps the voting public of Maine should choose a senator […]

I support the voter ID referendum for Maine, and recommend that all others do, too. Here are two reasons to consider. Being from a military family and having voted in many different states, voting in Maine was a surprising outlier to me. I remember being almost shocked that they didn’t ask for my ID. Maine […]

I shall take an extended moment to alert your readers to the profoundly censorious nature of those “peace-loving progressives” at Craigslist. I attempted to post words critical of the company’s increasingly tyrannical posture on free speech and the post was removed in a New York minute. (Said posting did not, by my reading, violate any […]

I’m writing in response to Don Kelly’s letter in the Aug. 1 edition of this paper (“Voter ID will keep Maine elections secure“). Mr. Kelly seems to believe that unless voters provide voter identification at the time of voting, many unregistered voters will cast ballots. This is simply not true. Only registered voters are allowed […]