As a former children’s librarian, I am appalled and offended by the total lack of sensitivity on the part of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. His recent use of a beloved picture book character, Franklin the Turtle, to illustrate his war mongering is an insult to both the field of children’s literature and to the […]
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Same as it ever was | Letter
Before we fulminate against MAGA, remember that Bill Clinton was Trump-lite, then recall how shamelessly Democrats circled the wagons around this reckless philanderer who practically wrote his own kompromat. Clinton, like Trump, misused his office to solicit favors, often of a sexual variety. Clinton, like Trump, parlayed his power and influence into shady financial deals. […]
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Conservative readers have been abandoned | Letter
This newspaper should be ashamed of itself for its blatantly biased headline on a recent story regarding Sen. Susan Collins supporting a 2026 referendum barring transgender students from sports teams and private spaces. The headline was “Sen. Collins signs Maine petition for initiative to restrict transgender rights.” Casting this issue as a restriction of transgender […]
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Thanks to Maine’s newspaper carriers | Letter
I cherish my morning paper.
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Write Platner off at your peril | Letter
I wish to respond to the Nov. 28 op-ed by Jeffrey Evangelos of Friendship (“Graham Platner has a Blackwater problem”). My first response to Evangelos is: Has he seen Graham Platner at a town hall? If not, he should attend one. Platner fills auditoriums. He creates a buzz. He speaks of issues that are near […]
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Sincere apologies to Maine’s Somali people | Letter
I wish to apologize to our dear Somali friends and neighbors for the recent insults leveled at them by President Trump. I very much hope they know that many, many Americans strongly disagree with Mr. Trump’s extremely unfortunate statements. Unlike Mr. Trump, many of us very much appreciate Somalia’s proud and noble history, and the […]
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Janet Mills should consider U.S. House | Letter
This lifelong proud democrat thanks Gov. Janet Mills for all of her contributions to Maine. But I wish that Mills would redirect her attention to run for Rep. Jared Golden’s House seat against former Gov. Paul LePage; Graham Platner seems to be running a great campaign against Sen. Susan “I-will-only-serve-two-terms” Collins. Robert MennealyLake Worth, FL/Auburn, ME
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Protesting Portland students showed real bravery | Letter
We owe these kids more than applause.
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Our expectations of Portland’s homeless need correcting | Letter
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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It cannot be antisemitic to rail against the war on Gaza | Letter
Given the extraordinary intensity and duration of Israel’s campaign in Gaza, it is worth asking whether more is driving this response than the familiar structural explanations: internal political pressures, regional and geopolitical calculations, the asymmetries of modern warfare, and the undeniable brutality of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. These factors matter. Yet they do […]