In the Dec. 3, 2025, article about homeless people in Portland, there was information that the city’s “warming” shelter is only open when the temperature falls below 15 degrees Fahrenheit, or when there is more than 10 inches of snow (“Portland’s homeless residents struggle to stay warm as snow arrives”). I began to wonder how […]
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Rick Bennett is the best choice for Maine’s next governor | Letter
Bennett can see through the two-party haze. That’s rare.
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Graham Platner delivers clear intent | Letter
The Democratic Senate candidate tells us what he thinks rather than what he presumes we want him to say. That deserves respect.
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Department of Defense name change is no coincidence | Letter
It is no small irony that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth changed the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Our peacetime military is a wartime military. This allows them to be aggressive vs. being passive. It gives them cover to be warring against anyone that they choose. For example, they attacked […]
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Maine must unmask ICE | Letter
Where laws don’t make it, we can help each other.
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Dwelling on CMP’s spending practices | Letter
Could its money have been better spent lowering customers’ bills than paying for political advertising?
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Don’t neglect role of regulatory board in managing Maine’s opioid crisis | Letter
Some strategies have undoubtedly helped; others have hurt us.
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Graham Platner is not ready to be a senator | Letter
I am happy to grant Graham Platner grace for things he did while drunk on liberty call with his buddies 18 years ago in Croatia, as well as for things he said on social media and now regrets. That’s all forgivable. What I cannot forgive him for is having no political experience at all, and yet […]
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Founding documents should inspire fresh resolve | Letter
Reflecting on the Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence should lead us to strive for a new birth of freedom in this country.
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Celebration honoring veterans hijacked by Paul LePage | Letter
A Veterans Day event in Lewiston was twisted into a stump event for the former governor.