The recent vote by the Regional School Unit 73 board  (Jay) to exclude transgender athletes from sports was mean-spirited and unnecessary. This was unnecessary for three major reasons. There are no transgender student athletes in Jay, and may never be. Transgender athletes represent one-hundredth of 1 percent of all high school athletes participating in sports […]

I’m responding to an insulting June 29 letter to the editor in which ICE agents were likened to Gestapo officers of Nazi Germany (“Why are ICE agents wearing masks?”). The writer makes a comparison between “uniformed and proud members of the Third Reich” and ICE agents who cover their faces with masks. How dare he […]

Sen. Collins has been a longtime supporter of and advocate for AmeriCorps. As a member of the National Service Congressional Caucus, Sen. Collins has actively worked to strengthen AmeriCorps. She co-sponsored legislation to exclude AmeriCorps Education Awards from federally taxable income. In 2021, she joined a bipartisan effort to introduce legislation to expand national service […]

The majority of Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives oppose abortion and believe in the sanctity of life beginning at conception. While I strongly disagree with these politicians about abortion, I respect the sincerity of their opinion. What I don’t respect is how these men and women ignore President Trump’s decimation of […]

Does Susan Collins love President Trump or does she love Maine? She must choose because they are mutually exclusive. As for a “Declaration of Conscience,” Collins is no Liz Cheney (and neither is anyone else, after what happened to her). And, a Margaret Case Smith-style “Declaration” would have no effect, other than to incur Trump’s […]

Independence Day will be soon be upon us. We should all read the entire Declaration of Independence before then. Note how often the word “tyrant” is used? (Wonder how long it will be before President Trump will ask to be addressed as Sire or Your Majesty? It would be just one more of his wild […]

While I agree that negative signs can be distasteful during peaceful protests (“Maine should protest without insults,” June 25), I wonder how so many people can think that rude, nasty, disrespectful, demeaning comments and profanity, publicly on camera or on social media, is any different. Our elected officials can profess their religious convictions, cite passages […]

I was moved and angered by the recent letter to the editor by Elisabeth Corrales, “Maine mental health workers must guard against burnout” (June 24). I was moved by Ms. Corrales’ courage to write a letter that describes her efforts to attain support regarding her own struggles resulting from working in a high-stress, intense and […]