Ray Vensel’s recent op-ed on Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission (“Trump ‘report’ on religion must be revealed for what it is,” July 11) was a needed reminder of this administration’s agenda of breaking separation boundaries between church and state, and making an evangelical religion the officially recognized religion of the United States — whether our Constitution allows […]

So we finally have a death here in Biddeford, Maine — a 26-year-old Colombian with legal working papers — killed at the hands of the ICE goon squad. Our credulous Sen. Susan Collins — who voted for another $70 billion of enhanced funding for ICE — claims that this unvetted gang of armed thugs is […]

Graham Platner withdrew from a political race because of an alleged scandal. This reflects one set of circumstances. Donald Trump’s political career — despite numerous controversies and allegations over the years — reflects another set of circumstances; many voters continued to support him. Reasonable people disagree about whether those different outcomes are justified, but it’s […]

In his July 12 op-ed (“Non-judgmental tolerance, vaunted by liberals, is not a virtue”), the writer Charles Todorich mistakes tolerance as a potential vice, because he thinks it to be amoral. But non-judgmental acceptance is simply the way of Jesus: “Judge not, that you be not judged” (Matthew 7:1). Before we make any decision about […]

On July 8, news sources reported that, once again, President Trump was declaring a ceasefire “over.” Two days later,  bombs are falling and threats are escalating in one of the most volatile regions of the world, with no end, or even a goal, in sight.   America’s and the world’s fate is the hands of […]