Bates Professor William Hiss’ Dec. 17 letter to the editor (“Remember how much language matters“) is spot on. Words matter, and those who use words that terrorize, inflame or incite violence should be held responsible for the consequences. Words inciting violence toward Jews have spurred attacks worldwide. Jews were targeted and murdered at Pittsburgh’s Tree of […]

Why does this publication require a real name and place of residence for a letter writer and then allow online readers to use aliases to respond on its websites? This policy invites vitriol and often threatening responses. Readers don’t even see the worst that are reported as not being published. If everyone publicly stood by […]

NPR, PBS and CPB would never have lost their taxpayer funding if they followed thejournalistic model of reporting a complete story instead of a partial rendering of the incident orissue to fit a predetermined outcome. As a college radio station newsman in 1970, my manager, a senior, instructed me to collatethe hourly news feed from […]

I agreed with Karen Levine Egee’s op-ed, published back on July 7, that “people are basically good.” As I understand it, however, in America we have been trained by big business to believe that more is better: bigger houses, cars, better clothes, more money, etc. Too much competition. We have become slaves to our wants. […]

For Christians worldwide, this season is a reminder that we are people of hope, not despair. We have a home that transcends this world. Before His crucifixion, Jesus promised His disciples that He would ascend to the Father and prepare a place for believers. He will return to take us to our eternal home, where […]

Regarding Reuben M. Schafir’s Dec. 7, Page 1 Maine Sunday Telegram story, “The bill has come due Down East,” the only question is: how come a similar situation hasn’t occurred sooner and more often in Maine towns and counties? We send police candidates to an academy to learn the business, lawyers to law schools and […]

I am appalled by President Trump’s characterization of all Somalis as “garbage.” A few years ago, I served as an election observer in Lewiston. I watched as dozens of Somalis came to the polling place. Many brought their entire family — grandparents, babies and teenagers —  to watch them cast their vote. Some took selfies […]