I suggest that Democrat leaders all over the country create a united, positive vision for the Democratic Party and create it sooner than later. In 2025, Donald Trump hammered home his vision that Democrats, so-called elites and wokes, were the “deep state” weaponizing against him. It worked and helped him win in 2024. Democrats all […]
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Trump’s meeting with war criminal Putin was shameful | Letter
The Russian president should have been greeted with handcuffs in Alaska, not a red carpet.
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Where voter ID and ICE intersect | Letter
I find it interesting that many of the people who want to limit the number of people who vote (i.e., upcoming Maine voter ID referendum) also want to increase the number of people detained and deported. The word “arrested” would be inappropriate; that would require a warrant and due process. Maybe kidnapping is closer to […]
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Immigrants should be loyal to America first | Letter
In my view, not all are.
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Why can’t we understand our own role in war? | Letter
There are two wars being fought with American interests at heart. The war in Gaza has killed over 80,000 people using American weapons and with American presidential approval. It should be noted that the Palestinians have never been a threat to the U.S. On the other hand, our security and that of Europe depend on […]
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Wage increase could limit Portland’s access to child care | Letter
As a child care provider in Portland, I am deeply concerned about the city’s proposed minimum wage increase to $20 an hour. While well intentioned, this policy will unintentionally harm the very families and children it aims to support. This year showed us how fragile the child care sector is. Gov. Mills initially proposed cutting […]
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Will Susan Collins choose fascism or democracy? | Letter
Sen. Susan Collins’ failure to condemn the militarization of the Washington, D.C., police force conflicts with even the most fundamental tenets of her legal training. Simply put, soldiers are not cops and cops are not soldiers. Fascism or democracy? She should choose a side or perhaps the voting public of Maine should choose a senator […]
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Voter ID increases transparency | Letter
I support the voter ID referendum for Maine, and recommend that all others do, too. Here are two reasons to consider. Being from a military family and having voted in many different states, voting in Maine was a surprising outlier to me. I remember being almost shocked that they didn’t ask for my ID. Maine […]
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Beware censorship on Craigslist | Letter
I shall take an extended moment to alert your readers to the profoundly censorious nature of those “peace-loving progressives” at Craigslist. I attempted to post words critical of the company’s increasingly tyrannical posture on free speech and the post was removed in a New York minute. (Said posting did not, by my reading, violate any […]
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Voter ID requirements will further restrict voter access | Letter
I’m writing in response to Don Kelly’s letter in the Aug. 1 edition of this paper (“Voter ID will keep Maine elections secure“). Mr. Kelly seems to believe that unless voters provide voter identification at the time of voting, many unregistered voters will cast ballots. This is simply not true. Only registered voters are allowed […]