It is hard to know where to begin to address the ageist and inaccurate stereotypes in the Nov. 3 op-ed, “Maine’s elder politicians need to move along.” The condescending attitude that older adults need to step aside to visit children and grandchildren and then take naps is demeaning — and reflective of the writer’s own limited […]

Best line in last Sunday’s paper, by Leslie Bridgers, in a column she wrote about a study in which Maine ranked No. 2 for states prepared for a zombie apocalypse (“If society collapses, Maine isn’t a bad place to be”): “I realized the study was just as applicable when the reanimated corpses were replaced with […]

A dry Graham cracker (sic) gets stuck in one’s throat, causing choking, and is mostly made of sugar. So it was, recently, at Graham Platner’s speech at the Chocolate Church. Quick, off-the-cuff one-liners and generic sound bites win votes — even when issuing from empty laborer’s outfits. Women cheered the loudest and got to ask […]

To understand socialism’s threat, a letter writer here recently advised us to read George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” He should read more Orwell. Orwell was a socialist. Orwell’s words: “Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism as I understand it.” Our […]

As a small business owner, I’ve watched Gov. Janet Mills make life harder for businesses and families for too long. During the campaign, Mills promised not to raise taxes, but once elected governor that is exactly what she did. Under Janet Mills, housing is more expensive, energy bills are higher than they are in New York […]

The hubris of yet another privileged white male to believe that he, as a college dropout, is qualified more than a female who has had a huge career as a prosecutor, Maine’s attorney general for eight years, state legislator and governor for eight years! Graham Platner should drop out of this primary in some shred […]

Although unpopular among many Democrats and progressive independents, Sen. Angus King’s decision to join seven Democrats and potentially end the government shutdown was morally correct. President Trump was prepared to defund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which could have led the to starvation of 42 million of our most vulnerable citizens. He was also […]