We humans are a peculiar animal. On the one hand, the president can inform us that we have captured three-fourths of the terrorist leadership and we accept it as Gospel in spite of what we know about the quality of our “intelligence.”

On the other hand, we treat a woman from Topsham like a pariah because she initiates a proposal to deal with government spending, which everyone agrees is out of control.

What are we thinking?

Jim Tierney, Auburn


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