By keeping rural America uninformed, uneducated and frustrated, the party fosters communities that vote against their own interests.
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Maine’s senators could learn a lot from Margaret Chase Smith | Letter
Mainers were better off because of Chase Smith’s courage and decency. Those qualities are sorely needed right now.
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Saluting Scarborough’s police chief | Letter
Mark Holmquist has changed things around here for the better.
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Immigrants are vital to our nation’s health | Letter
My recent open-heart surgery opened my eyes.
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Gov. Mills should step back and endorse next generation for Maine Senate | Letter
The state needs fresh leadership in Washington.
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Maine’s leaders need to put people ahead of polluters | Letter
Big Oil should contribute a share of its profits to a federal climate fund; let’s tell our delegates in D.C.
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Securing democracy must be our top priority | Letter
I am not focusing on the different political choices we made in the last presidential election; that’s history now. Instead, I’m turning the page and looking ahead with grave concern. I’m frightened by executive actions declared by President Trump, many challenging the Constitution and threatening our democracy. James Madison argued in Federalist 47, “the accumulation […]
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Humor is still a powerful weapon against Trump | Letter
The cancellations of Jimmy Kimmel’s and Stephen Colbert’s programs only proves the point.
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RFK Jr. guilty of administrative malpractice | Letter
At the Sept. 4, 2025 Senate oversight hearing, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once again argued that he has the prescription that will fix the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and America’s health problems. I was a health care provider for 40 years. If I practiced like Kennedy, […]
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Maine’s farmers’ markets should put farmers first | Letter
A farmer’s market is not a weekend social club.