The American people face an existential threat to our democracy: white Christian nationalism. This advocacy, which supports the Trump administration’s crusade against people’s right to abortion, against transgender Americans, and advocates that America is a Christian country, must not stand. The Federalist Papers, created by Madison, Jay and Hamilton, rejected the concept of a religious […]

President Trump’s planned military parade for his birthday will cost us tens of millions of dollars. I am not going to pay for this. If Trump wants it, he can pay for it. Everyone should call our congressional delegation and demand that the American taxpayer not spend a dime on this outrage. Rob Whitehouse Brunswick

Years ago, I saw a bumper sticker that read “If you’re not appalled, you’re not paying attention.” I can’t recall what was even going on in the world then but find myself struggling with the way things are today. If our representatives are appalled by the decisions of this current administration, why aren’t they speaking […]

After attending a screening of “Join or Die” last year, a documentary about the decline of civic engagement across the United States, I felt inspired to get involved in Skowhegan. That led me to join the Skowhegan Heritage Council, a town commission dedicated to preserving our history and strengthening collaboration among local organizations. In many […]

On May 8, a dozen members of Divest Maine protested outside the Maine Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) building in Augusta (the Maine employee pension plan). Divest Maine is a consortium of environmental groups that is asking Maine PERS to obey the law that Maine passed in 2021, to divest from fossil fuels. There is […]

I think what President Trump is doing is worse than what President Nixon did. Fred Henderson Greenwood